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All the ideas for 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet', 'Conversations, with Glyn Daly' and 'On the Nature of Moral Values'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy

9777	Kant was the first philosopher [Zizek]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

9778	There is no dialogue in philosophy [Zizek]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

9779	Philosophy is transcendental questioning (not supporting science or constructing ontology) [Zizek]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

21750

Science is sympathetic to truth as correspondence, since it depends on observation [Quine]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

15990

Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

15994

If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke]

14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction

21748

More careful inductions gradually lead to the hypothetico-deductive method [Quine]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / d. Purpose of consciousness

9780	Consciousness is a malfunction of evolution [Zizek]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value

21749

Altruistic values concern other persons, and ceremonial values concern practices [Quine]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism

9781	Tolerance and love are strategies to avoid encountering our neighbours [Zizek]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

21751

Love seems to diminish with distance from oneself [Quine]