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All the ideas for 'Letters to Johann Bernoulli', 'Has Philosophy Lost Contact with People?' and 'works'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

9764	Inspiration and social improvement need wisdom, but not professional philosophy [Quine]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

9763	For a good theory of the world, we must focus on our flabby foundational vocabulary [Quine]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

5437	The claim of hermeneutics to give knowledge through understanding is challenged by positivism [Mautner on Dilthey]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

13174

A piece of flint contains something resembling perceptions and appetites [Leibniz]

13175

Entelechies are analogous to souls, as other minds are analogous to our own minds [Leibniz]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / c. Possible but inconceivable

13172

What we cannot imagine may still exist [Leibniz]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / d. Explaining people

5436	Natural science seeks explanation; human sciences seek understanding [Dilthey, by Mautner]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death

13173

Death is just the contraction of an animal [Leibniz]