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All the ideas for 'A World of Propensities', 'The Concept of Dread (/Anxiety)' and 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 1: Preliminary'

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10 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers

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Propensities are part of a situation, not part of the objects [Popper]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 1. Common Sense

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Many truths seem obvious, and point to universal agreement - which is what we find [Reid]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

23630

Only philosophers treat ideas as objects [Reid]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 9. Ambiguity

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The ambiguity of words impedes the advancement of knowledge [Reid]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

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Socrates neglects the gap between knowing what is good and doing good [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst

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Anxiety is not a passing mood, but a response to human freedom [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]

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The ultimate in life is learning to be anxious in the right way [Kierkegaard]

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Ultimate knowledge is being anxious in the right way [Kierkegaard]

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Anxiety is staring into the yawning abyss of freedom [Kierkegaard]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

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Similar effects come from similar causes, and causes are only what are sufficient for the effects [Reid]