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All the ideas for 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd edn)', 'Hermeneutics: a very short introduction' and 'Brain Bisection and Unity of Consciousness'

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10 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]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

20923

We take part in objective truth, rather than observe it from a distance [Zimmermann,J]

20926

Hermeneutic knowledge is not objective, but embraces interpretations [Zimmermann,J]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception

20924

In phenomenology, all perception is 'seeing as' [Zimmermann,J]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind

2957	Brain bisection suggests unity of mind isn't all-or-nothing [Nagel, by Lockwood]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 4. Presupposition of Self

3285	We may be unable to abandon personal identity, even when split-brains have undermined it [Nagel]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

20927

The hermeneutic circle is between the reader's self-understanding, and the world of the text [Zimmermann,J]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / c. Natural law

20933

Natural law theorists fear that without morality, law could be based on efficiency [Zimmermann,J]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 2. Judaism

20929

Traditionally, God dictated the Torah to Moses, unlike the later biblical writings [Zimmermann,J]