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All the ideas for 'talk', 'fragments/reports' and 'Philosophy without Intuitions'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

1403	A rational donkey would starve to death between two totally identical piles of hay [Buridan, by PG]

2. Reason / E. Argument / 7. Thought Experiments

20183

So-called 'though experiments' are just philosophers observing features of the world [Cappelen]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition

20182

The word 'intuitive' often plays not role at all in arguments, and can be removed [Cappelen]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / c. Ultimate substances

1497	For Anaximenes nature is air, which takes different forms by rarefaction and condensation [Anaximenes, by Simplicius]