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All the ideas for 'Lectures on the History of Philosophy', 'On Certainty' and 'The Really Hard Problem'

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11 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]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / a. Foundationalism

3597	Foundations need not precede other beliefs [Wittgenstein]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique

3596	Total doubt can't even get started [Wittgenstein, by Williams,M]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind

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Research suggest that we overrate conscious experience [Flanagan]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 2. Reduction of Mind

21834

Sensations may be identical to brain events, but complex mental events don't seem to be [Flanagan]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings

4721	If you are not certain of any fact, you cannot be certain of the meaning of your words either [Wittgenstein]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

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Morality is normative because it identifies best practices among the normal practices [Flanagan]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism

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For Darwinians, altruism is either contracts or genetics [Flanagan]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia

21835

We need Eudaimonics - the empirical study of how we should flourish [Flanagan]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism

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Alienation is not finding what one wants, or being unable to achieve it [Flanagan]

29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism

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Buddhists reject God and the self, and accept suffering as key, and liberation through wisdom [Flanagan]