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All the ideas for 'Cosmic Apprentice', 'Mind and World' and '30: Book of Amos'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

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Scientists know everything about nothing, philosophers nothing about everything [Sagan,D]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 3. Pure Reason

8251	The logical space of reasons is a natural phenomenon, and it is the realm of freedom [McDowell]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation

8128	Representation must be propositional if it can give reasons and be epistemological [McDowell, by Burge]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

19092

There is no pure Given, but it is cultured, rather than entirely relative [McDowell, by Macbeth]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism

8253	Sense impressions already have conceptual content [McDowell]

19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language

8254	Forming concepts by abstraction from the Given is private definition, which the Private Lang. Arg. attacks [McDowell]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 2. Judaism

7604	Amos was the first prophet to emphasise justice and compassion [Amos, by Armstrong,K]