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All the ideas for 'That Politics may be reduced to a Science', 'The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge' and 'Critique of Judgement II: Teleological'

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9 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism
8824 No one has defended translational phenomenalism since Ayer in 1940 [Ayer, by Kim]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value
18239 What is contemplated must have a higher value than contemplation [Kant, by Korsgaard]
18238 Only a good will can give man's being, and hence the world, a final purpose [Kant]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship
21093 Friendship without community spirit misses out on the main part of virtue [Hume]
24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 3. Constitutions
21091 It would be absurd if even a free constitution did not impose restraints, for the public good [Hume]
24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / d. Elites
21092 Nobility either share in the power of the whole, or they compose the power of the whole [Hume]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
22053 The Critique of Judgement aims for a principle that unities humanity and nature [Kant, by Bowie]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes
18237 Without men creation would be in vain, and without final purpose [Kant]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
15251 The attribution of necessity to causation is either primitive animism, or confusion with logical necessity [Ayer]