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All the ideas for 'Universal Arithmetick', 'Bayesianism' and 'Ethics of the Concern for Self as Freedom'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

7426	Critical philosophy is what questions domination at every level [Foucault]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

7423	Philosophy and politics are fundamentally linked [Foucault]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos

7420	When logos controls our desires, we have actually become the logos [Foucault]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / b. Greek arithmetic

17783

A number is not a multitude, but a unified ratio between quantities [Newton]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism

7424	Saying games of truth were merely power relations would be a horrible exaggeration [Foucault]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

2798	Probability of H, given evidence E, is prob(H) x prob(E given H) / prob(E) [Horwich]

2799	Bayes' theorem explains why very surprising predictions have a higher value as evidence [Horwich]

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct

7422	A subject is a form which can change, in (say) political or sexual situations [Foucault]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics

7419	Ethics is the conscious practice of freedom [Foucault]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 1. Social Power

7425	The aim is not to eliminate power relations, but to reduce domination [Foucault]

25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle

7418	The idea of liberation suggests there is a human nature which has been repressed [Foucault]