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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Introduction to German Philosophy' and 'What is the Basis of Moral Obligation?'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

9254	In philosophy the truth can only be reached via the ruins of the false [Prichard]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

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Art can make reason more all-inclusive, by articulating what seemed inexpressible [Bowie]

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

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German Idealism says our thinking and nature have the same rational structure [Bowie]

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct

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Nazis think race predetermines the self [Bowie]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

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Rhetoric is built into language, so it cannot be stripped from philosophy [Bowie]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism

9256	I see the need to pay a debt in a particular instance, and any instance will do [Prichard]

9257	The complexities of life make it almost impossible to assess morality from a universal viewpoint [Prichard]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty

9255	Seeing the goodness of an effect creates the duty to produce it, not the desire [Prichard]