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All the ideas for 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd edn)', 'Reply to First Objections' and 'Anarchical Fallacies: on the Declaration of Rights'

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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]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind

16634

I can't be unaware of anything which is in me [Descartes]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 5. Existence-Essence

3635	Essence must be known before we discuss existence [Descartes]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights

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Natural rights are nonsense, and unspecified natural rights is nonsense on stilts [Bentham]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

21003

Only laws can produce real rights; rights from 'law of nature' are imaginary [Bentham]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof

3634	We can't prove a first cause from our inability to grasp infinity [Descartes]