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All the ideas for 'Lectures on the History of Philosophy', 'Human Knowledge: its scope and limits' and 'Of Organum or Ars Magna of Thinking'

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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 / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis

5021	An idea is analysed perfectly when it is shown a priori that it is possible [Leibniz]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / c. not

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Is it possible to state every possible truth about the whole course of nature without using 'not'? [Russell]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity

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Some facts about experience feel like logical necessities [Russell]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique

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It is hard to explain how a sentence like 'it is not raining' can be found true by observation [Russell]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / d. Rational foundations

5020	Our thoughts are either dependent, or self-evident. All thoughts seem to end in the self-evident [Leibniz]

19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial

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If we define 'this is not blue' as disbelief in 'this is blue', we eliminate 'not' as an ingredient of facts [Russell]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

5019	Supreme human happiness is the greatest possible increase of his perfection [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

4786	Russell's 'at-at' theory says motion is to be at the intervening points at the intervening instants [Russell, by Psillos]