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All the ideas for 'works', 'Dialectic of Enlightenment' and 'A Priori Knowledge Revisited'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 5. Critical Theory

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Adorno and Horkheimer subjected the Enlightenment to 'critical theory' analysis [Adorno/Horkheimer, by Finlayson]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 6. Classical Logic

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Classical logic is our preconditions for assessing empirical evidence [Kitcher]

12431

I believe classical logic because I was taught it and use it, but it could be undermined [Kitcher]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary

12428

Many necessities are inexpressible, and unknowable a priori [Kitcher]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 2. A Priori Contingent

12429

Knowing our own existence is a priori, but not necessary [Kitcher]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

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Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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De Sade said it was impossible to rationally argue against murder [Adorno/Horkheimer]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

7669	We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism

7668	Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin]