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All the ideas for 'Confessions of a Philosopher', 'Zettel' and 'Nihilism without Self-Contradiction'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

2626	A philosopher is outside any community of ideas [Wittgenstein]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 7. Ad Hominem

14231

We should always apply someone's theory of meaning to their own utterances [Liggins]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification

14232

We normally formalise 'There are Fs' with singular quantification and predication, but this may be wrong [Liggins]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / a. The Liar paradox

6569	'This sentence is false' sends us in a looping search for its proposition [Wittgenstein, by Fogelin]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

14233

Nihilists needn't deny parts - they can just say that some of the xs are among the ys [Liggins]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 2. Causal Justification

3790	Causes of beliefs are irrelevant to their contents [Wittgenstein]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection

3102	Why don't we experience or remember going to sleep at night? [Magee]