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All the ideas for 'History of the Concept of Time', 'Reflections on Knowledge, Truth and Ideas' and 'talk'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

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Perhaps the aim of philosophy is to abolish sham problems [Heidegger]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

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'Nominal' definitions just list distinguishing characteristics [Leibniz]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

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Knowledge needs clarity, distinctness, and adequacy, and it should be intuitive [Leibniz]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / a. Consciousness

6668	If the present does not exist, then consciousness must be memory of the immediate past [Marshall]

16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 4. Persons as Agents

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My active existence is defined by being able to say 'I can' [Heidegger]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body

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Certainty that I will die is more basic to my existence than the Cogito [Heidegger]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

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True ideas represent what is possible; false ideas represent contradictions [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause

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In the schools the Four Causes are just lumped together in a very obscure way [Leibniz]