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All the ideas for 'Confessions of a Philosopher', 'Zettel' and 'fragments/reports'

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7 ideas

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

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

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 1. Paradox

6007	If you know your father, but don't recognise your father veiled, you know and don't know the same person [Eubulides, by Dancy,R]

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

6006	If you say truly that you are lying, you are lying [Eubulides, by Dancy,R]

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

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / b. The Heap paradox ('Sorites')

6008	Removing one grain doesn't destroy a heap, so a heap can't be destroyed [Eubulides, by Dancy,R]

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]