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All the ideas for 'On the Natural Faculties', 'works' and 'The Coherence Theory of Truth'

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21 ideas

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 12. Rejecting Truthmakers
19079 For idealists reality is like a collection of beliefs, so truths and truthmakers are not distinct [Young,JO]
3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 1. Coherence Truth
19076 Coherence theories differ over the coherence relation, and over the set of proposition with which to cohere [Young,JO]
19077 Two propositions could be consistent with your set, but inconsistent with one another [Young,JO]
19078 Coherence with actual beliefs, or our best beliefs, or ultimate ideal beliefs? [Young,JO]
19084 Coherent truth is not with an arbitrary set of beliefs, but with a set which people actually do believe [Young,JO]
3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 2. Coherence Truth Critique
19083 How do you identify the best coherence set; and aren't there truths which don't cohere? [Young,JO]
3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth
19075 Deflationary theories reject analysis of truth in terms of truth-conditions [Young,JO]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 1. Faculties
21799 We just use the word 'faculty' when we don't know the psychological cause [Galen]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions
19074 Are truth-condtions other propositions (coherence) or features of the world (correspondence)? [Young,JO]
19082 Coherence truth suggests truth-condtions are assertion-conditions, which need knowledge of justification [Young,JO]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
23874 Armies and businesses create moralities in which their activity can do no wrong [Marx, by Weil]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / d. Liberal freedom
18662 Liberal freedom is the right to be separate, and ignores the union of man with man [Marx]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / g. Liberalism critique
23372 Liberals want the right to be separate, rather than for people to be united [Marx]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism
20576 Early Marx anticipates communitarian objections to liberalism [Marx, by Oksala]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism
23862 By saying the material dialectic of history aspires to the best, Marx agreed with capitalism [Weil on Marx]
21999 False consciousness results from concealment by the superstructure [Marx, by Singer]
23875 Marx says force is everything, and that the weak will become strong, while remaining the weak [Weil on Marx]
18653 Marx rejected equal rights because they never actually treat people as equals [Marx, by Kymlicka]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism
20958 Capitalism changes the world, by socialising the idea of a commodity [Marx, by Bowie]
23876 The essence of capitalism is the subordination of people to things [Marx, by Weil]
20960 Marx thought capitalism was partly liberating, and could make labour and ownership more humane [Marx, by Bowie]