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All the ideas for 'That Politics may be reduced to a Science', 'A Note on the entscheidungsproblem' and 'Short History of Modern Philosophy'

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8 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 2. History of Logic

5637	Nowadays logic is seen as the science of extensions, not intensions [Scruton]

5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 7. Decidability

18758

Validity is provable, but invalidity isn't, because the model is infinite [Church, by McGee]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

5636	Cartesian 'ideas' confuse concepts and propositions [Scruton]

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 / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights

5660	Allegiance is prior to the recognition of individual rights [Scruton]

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]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

5653	A right is a power which is enforced in the name of justice [Scruton]