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All the ideas for 'Commentary on 'De Anima'', 'On the Nature of Moral Values' and 'Against the Logicians (two books)'

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Ordinary speech is not exact about what is true; we say we are digging a well before the well exists [Sext.Empiricus]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

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Science is sympathetic to truth as correspondence, since it depends on observation [Quine]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

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Some properties are inseparable from a thing, such as the length, breadth and depth of a body [Sext.Empiricus]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification

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Fools, infants and madmen may speak truly, but do not know [Sext.Empiricus]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge

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Madmen are reliable reporters of what appears to them [Sext.Empiricus]

14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction

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More careful inductions gradually lead to the hypothetico-deductive method [Quine]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / b. Empirical concepts

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We can only dream of a winged man if we have experienced men and some winged thing [Sext.Empiricus]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value

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Altruistic values concern other persons, and ceremonial values concern practices [Quine]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death

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The soul conserves the body, as we see by its dissolution when the soul leaves [Toletus]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

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Love seems to diminish with distance from oneself [Quine]