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All the ideas for 'Lectures on the History of Philosophy', 'The Nature of Rationality' and 'Elements of Intuitionism (2nd ed)'

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8 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]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth

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I do not care if my trivial beliefs are false, and I have no interest in many truths [Nozick]

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

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Maybe James was depicting the value of truth, and not its nature [Nozick]

4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 2. Intuitionist Logic

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Mathematical statements and entities that result from an infinite process must lack a truth-value [Dummett]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality

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Rationality is normally said to concern either giving reasons, or reliability [Nozick]

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In the instrumental view of rationality it only concerns means, and not ends [Nozick]

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Is it rational to believe a truth which leads to permanent misery? [Nozick]

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Rationality needs some self-consciousness, to also evaluate how we acquired our reasons [Nozick]