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All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Properties'', 'The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences' and 'Towards a Critique of Hegel's Philosophy'

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12 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 1. History of Philosophy

19441

All philosophies presuppose their historical moment, and arise from it [Feuerbach]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

19442

I don't study Plato for his own sake; the primary aim is always understanding [Feuerbach]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

4037	Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver]

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

19445

A dialectician has to be his own opponent [Feuerbach]

19444

Each proposition has an antithesis, and truth exists as its refutation [Feuerbach]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth

19443

Truth forges an impersonal unity between people [Feuerbach]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

19446

To our consciousness it is language which looks unreal [Feuerbach]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

19447

The Absolute is the 'and' which unites 'spirit and nature' [Feuerbach]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / d. Consilience

20643

Consilience is a common groundwork of explanation [Whewell]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

4039	Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver]