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All the ideas for 'Concerning the Author', 'Probability and Logic of Rational Belief' and 'Has Philosophy Lost Contact with People?'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

9764	Inspiration and social improvement need wisdom, but not professional philosophy [Quine]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

9763	For a good theory of the world, we must focus on our flabby foundational vocabulary [Quine]

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]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / e. The Lottery paradox

6368	If my ticket won't win the lottery (and it won't), no other tickets will either [Kyburg, by Pollock/Cruz]

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]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

14766

Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce]