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All the ideas for 'Concerning the Author', 'Community and Association' and 'Reply to Sixth Objections'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics
14767 The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce]
1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
14764 I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience
3644 Two things being joined together doesn't prove they are the same [Descartes]
11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 3. Fallibilism
14768 Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce]
12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 2. Associationism
14765 Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age [Peirce]
13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 3. Illusion Scepticism
3621 Only judgement decides which of our senses are reliable [Descartes]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
14766 Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism
7492 Early societies are based on community, and modern societies on association [Tönnies, by Watson]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / d. God decrees morality
3637 Ideas in God's mind only have value if he makes it so [Descartes]