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All the ideas for 'What is 'naturalized epistemology'?', 'Rule Utilitarianism and Euthanasia' and 'Intro to Classical Chinese Philosophy'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 2. Ancient Thought

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The Dao (Way) first means the road, and comes to mean the right way to live [Norden]

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

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The hermeneutic circle is either within the text, or between text and biased reader [Norden]

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Heremeneutics is either 'faith' (examining truth) or 'suspicion' (looking for hidden motives) [Norden]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / f. Foundationalism critique

8825	It seems impossible to logically deduce physical knowledge from indubitable sense data [Kim]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 2. Ideal of Pleasure

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Modern utilitarians value knowledge, friendship, autonomy, and achievement, as well as pleasure [Hooker,B]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 5. Rule Utilitarianism

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Rule-utilitarians prevent things like torture, even on rare occasions when it seems best [Hooker,B]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 2. Euthanasia

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Euthanasia is active or passive, and voluntary, non-voluntary or involuntary [Hooker,B]

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Euthanasia may not involve killing, so it is 'killing or not saving, out of concern for that person' [Hooker,B]