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All the ideas for 'Lectures on Ethics', 'Interview with Baggini and Stangroom' and 'Expositio super viii libros'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason

6851	We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

9089	Knowledge is a quality existing subjectively in the soul [William of Ockham]

9091	Sometimes 'knowledge' just concerns the conclusion, sometimes the whole demonstration [William of Ockham]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

9090	Knowledge is certain cognition of something that is true [William of Ockham]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / c. Purpose of ethics

6850	Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide

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The maxim for suicide is committed to the value of life, and is thus contradictory [Kant]