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All the ideas for 'Lectures on the History of Philosophy', 'Preface to 'De Revolutionibus'' and 'Interview with Baggini and Stangroom'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Philosophy is the conceptual essence of the shape of history [Hegel]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason

6855	Interesting philosophers hardly every give you explicitly valid arguments [Martin,M]

2. Reason / E. Argument / 1. Argument

6856	Valid arguments can be rejected by challenging the premises or presuppositions [Martin,M]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception

6857	An error theory of perception says our experience is not as it seems to be [Martin,M]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

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Facts should be deducible from the theory and initial conditions, and prefer the simpler theory [Osiander, by Harré/Madden]