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All the ideas for 'Concerning the Author', 'Quantum: Einstein and Bohr' and 'Of Human Freedom'

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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 / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming
22076 Being is only perceptible to itself as becoming [Schelling]
11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 3. Fallibilism
14768 Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism
22074 We must show that the whole of nature, because it is effective, is grounded in freedom [Schelling]
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]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
15710 Bohr explained the periodic table and chemical properties of elements, using the quantum atom [Kumar]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 2. Sources of Free Will
22075 Only idealism has given us the genuine concept of freedom [Schelling]