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All the ideas for 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd edn)', 'Issues of Pragmaticism' and 'Introduction to 'Self-Knowledge''

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / b. Seventeenth century philosophy

2945	Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis

2946	You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body

5673	If we have a pain, we are strongly aware of the bodily self [Cassam]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 1. Introspection

5670	Knowledge of thoughts covers both their existence and their contents [Cassam]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self

5671	Outer senses are as important as introspection in the acquisition of self-knowledge [Cassam]

5672	Is there a mode of self-awareness that isn't perception, and could it give self-knowledge? [Cassam]

5675	Neither self-consciousness nor self-reference require self-knowledge [Cassam]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection

5674	We can't introspect ourselves as objects, because that would involve possible error [Cassam]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning

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The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce]