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All the ideas for 'The Value Problem', 'Counterfactual Dependence and Time's Arrow' and 'A Specimen of Discoveries'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

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Wisdom has a higher value than understanding, which has a higher value than knowledge [Greco]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

5035	The two basics of reasoning are contradiction and sufficient reason [Leibniz]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification

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If value is practical, knowledge is no better than true opinion [Greco]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 10. Anti External Justification

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Externalist theories don't explain why knowledge has value [Greco]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism

5038	Assume that mind and body follow their own laws, but God has harmonised them [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation

8433	There are few traces of an event before it happens, but many afterwards [Lewis, by Horwich]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil

5037	God doesn't decide that Adam will sin, but that sinful Adam's existence is to be preferred [Leibniz]