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All the ideas for 'The Birth of Tragedy', 'Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy' and 'Realism and Anti-Realism'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

7848	Philosophy begins in the horror and absurdity of existence [Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

15049

Metaphysical realists are committed to all unambiguous statements being true or not true [Dummett]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory

6451	Visual sense data are an inner picture show which represents the world [Blackburn]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / b. Anti-reliabilism

2866	A true belief might be based on a generally reliable process that failed on this occasion [Blackburn]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism

2864	The main objection to intuitionism in ethics is that intuition is a disguise for prejudice or emotion [Blackburn]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism

2865	Critics of prescriptivism observe that it is consistent to accept an ethical verdict but refuse to be bound by it [Blackburn]