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All the ideas for 'The Intrinsic Quality of Experience', 'The Laws of Thought' and 'Against the Logicians (two books)'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Ordinary speech is not exact about what is true; we say we are digging a well before the well exists [Sext.Empiricus]

4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 1. Propositional Logic

8083	Boole applied normal algebra to logic, aiming at an algebra of thought [Boole, by Devlin]

7727	Boole's notation can represent syllogisms and propositional arguments, but not both at once [Boole, by Weiner]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 2. History of Logic

8686	Boole made logic more mathematical, with algebra, quantifiers and probability [Boole, by Friend]

5. Theory of Logic / H. Proof Systems / 2. Axiomatic Proof

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Boole's method was axiomatic, achieving economy, plus multiple interpretations [Boole, by Potter]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

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Some properties are inseparable from a thing, such as the length, breadth and depth of a body [Sext.Empiricus]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification

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Fools, infants and madmen may speak truly, but do not know [Sext.Empiricus]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge

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Madmen are reliable reporters of what appears to them [Sext.Empiricus]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality

8130	Qualities of experience are just representational aspects of experience ('Representationalism') [Harman, by Burge]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / b. Empirical concepts

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We can only dream of a winged man if we have experienced men and some winged thing [Sext.Empiricus]