Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Lectures on the Philosophy of Right' and 'Wittgenstein's 'Philosophical Investigations''

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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / d. Other minds by analogy

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If my conception of pain derives from me, it is a contradiction to speak of another's pain [Malcolm]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights

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We are only free, with rights, if we claim our freedom, and there are no natural rights [Hegel, by Houlgate]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / d. Representative democracy

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Representatives by region ignores whether they care about the national interest [Hegel, by Pinkard]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

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The absolute right is the right to have rights [Hegel]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré]