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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'The Roots of Romanticism' and 'Mathematical Logic (revised)'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

7662	Romanticism is the greatest change in the consciousness of the West [Berlin]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 4. Variables in Logic

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'Corner quotes' (quasi-quotation) designate 'whatever these terms designate' [Quine]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / f. Names eliminated

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We might do without names, by converting them into predicates [Quine, by Kirkham]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

7665	Most Enlightenment thinkers believed that virtue consists ultimately in knowledge [Berlin]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

7676	If we are essentially free wills, authenticity and sincerity are the highest virtues [Berlin]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty

7664	The Greeks have no notion of obligation or duty [Berlin]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism

7677	Central to existentialism is the romantic idea that there is nothing to lean on [Berlin]

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]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 2. Judaism

7663	Judaism and Christianity views are based on paternal, family and tribal relations [Berlin]