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All the ideas for 'Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion', 'Methodological Reflections on Current Linguistic Theory' and 'An American Indian model of the Universe'

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6 ideas

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 5. Language Relativism

3916	Hopi consistently prefers verbs and events to nouns and things [Whorf]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 4. Paradigm

3917	Scientific thought is essentially a specialised part of Indo-European languages [Whorf]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics

15788

Syntax and semantics are indeterminate, and modern 'semantics' is a bogus subject [Quine, by Lycan]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series

3915	The Hopi have no concept of time as something flowing from past to future [Whorf]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity

21798

To universalise 'give everything to the poor' leads to absurdity [Hegel]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

21797

Immortality does not come at a later time, but when pure knowing Spirit fully grasps the universal [Hegel]