Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Privileged Present: A-Theory', 'On Wisdom' and 'Presentation of Self in Everyday Life'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

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Wisdom is knowing all of the sciences, and their application [Leibniz]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

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Perfect knowledge implies complete explanations and perfect prediction [Leibniz]

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

8044	Goffman sees the self as no more than a peg on which to hang roles we play [Goffman, by MacIntyre]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / g. Growing block

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Neither 'moving spotlight' nor 'growing block' views explain why we care what is present or past [Zimmerman,DW]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series

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A-theorists, unlike B-theorists, believe some sort of objective distinction between past, present and future [Zimmerman,DW]