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All the ideas for 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd edn)', 'Holism: a Shopper's Guide' and 'Teplitz Fragments'

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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 / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique

19590

Empiricists are passive thinkers, given their philosophy by the external world and fate [Novalis]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism

9381	If some inferences are needed to fix meaning, but we don't know which, they are all relevant [Fodor/Lepore, by Boghossian]