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All the ideas for 'The Case for Closure', 'Posthumous notes' and '21: Book of Ecclesiastes'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

8766	In much wisdom is much grief [Anon (Ecc)]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour

7494	Laughter is mad; of mirth, what doeth it? [Anon (Ecc)]

8767	Sorrow is better than laughter [Anon (Ecc)]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 2. Common Sense Certainty

19553

Commitment to 'I have a hand' only makes sense in a context where it has been doubted [Hawthorne]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

21971

Transcendental philosophy is the subject becoming the originator of unified reality [Kant]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / c. Knowledge closure

19551

How can we know the heavyweight implications of normal knowledge? Must we distort 'knowledge'? [Hawthorne]

19552

We wouldn't know the logical implications of our knowledge if small risks added up to big risks [Hawthorne]

19554

Denying closure is denying we know P when we know P and Q, which is absurd in simple cases [Hawthorne]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

8765	All is vanity, saith the Preacher [Anon (Ecc)]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

8768	Books are endless, and study is wearisome [Anon (Ecc)]