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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Origin of the Work of Art' and 'Truth'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent
15585 Later Heidegger sees philosophy as more like poetry than like science [Heidegger, by Polt]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
10838 To explain a concept, we need its purpose, not just its rules of usage [Dummett]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth
10837 It is part of the concept of truth that we aim at making true statements [Dummett]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth
10840 We must be able to specify truths in a precise language, like winning moves in a game [Dummett]
3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth
19171 Tarski's truth is like rules for winning games, without saying what 'winning' means [Dummett, by Davidson]
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity
490 Everything happens by reason and necessity [Leucippus]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought
10839 You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett]