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All the ideas for 'The Inference to the Best Explanation', 'Mind and World' and 'Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 3. Pure Reason

8251	The logical space of reasons is a natural phenomenon, and it is the realm of freedom [McDowell]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation

8128	Representation must be propositional if it can give reasons and be epistemological [McDowell, by Burge]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

19092

There is no pure Given, but it is cultured, rather than entirely relative [McDowell, by Macbeth]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism

8253	Sense impressions already have conceptual content [McDowell]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation

17060

Best Explanation is the core notion of epistemology [Harman, by Smart]

19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language

8254	Forming concepts by abstraction from the Given is private definition, which the Private Lang. Arg. attacks [McDowell]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty

23832

We both desire what is beautiful, and want it to remain as it is [Weil]