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All the ideas for 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd edn)', 'Against the Professors (six books)' and 'Habermas'

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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]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

6021	It is only when we say a proposition that we speak truly or falsely [Sext.Empiricus]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form

6020	'Man is a rational mortal animal' is equivalent to 'if something is a man, that thing is a rational mortal animal' [Sext.Empiricus]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 1. Observation

6026	How can you investigate without some preconception of your object? [Sext.Empiricus]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

15675

We don't condemn people for being bad at reasoning [Finlayson]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 9. Contractualism

6032	Right actions, once done, are those with a reasonable justification [Sext.Empiricus]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

15674

One can universalise good advice, but that doesn't make it an obligation [Finlayson]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture

15662

The 'culture industry' is an advertisement for the way things are [Finlayson]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature

1517	The tektraktys (1+2+3+4=10) is the 'fount of ever-flowing nature' [Sext.Empiricus]