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All the ideas for 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd edn)', 'The Varieties of Reference' and 'Justice as fairness: Political not Metaphysical'

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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]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception

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Experiences have no conceptual content [Evans, by Greco]

7643	We have far fewer colour concepts than we have discriminations of colour [Evans]

18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content

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Some representational states, like perception, may be nonconceptual [Evans, by Schulte]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts

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The Generality Constraint says if you can think a predicate you can apply it to anything [Evans]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / b. Concepts as abilities

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Concepts have a 'Generality Constraint', that we must know how predicates apply to them [Evans, by Peacocke]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 4. Unfairness

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The maximisation of happiness must be done fairly [Rawls, by Smart]