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All the ideas for 'Natural Science (lost)', 'Miscellaneous Observations' and 'On Assertion and Indicative Conditionals'

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11 ideas

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth

19574

If man sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself, by acting against his own convictions [Novalis]

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

19571

Delusion and truth differ in their life functions [Novalis]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

527	Everything exists which anyone perceives [Metrodorus of Chios]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

19575

Refinement of senses increasingly distinguishes individuals [Novalis]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals

14288

'If A,B' affirms that A⊃B, and also that this wouldn't change if A were certain [Jackson, by Edgington]

13769

Conditionals are truth-functional, but should only be asserted when they are confident [Jackson, by Edgington]

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

19572

Experiences tests reason, and reason tests experience [Novalis]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind

19573

The seat of the soul is where our inner and outer worlds interpenetrate [Novalis]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

19577

Everything is a chaotic unity, then we abstract, then we reunify the world into a free alliance [Novalis]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 5. Natural Beauty

19578

Only self-illuminated perfect individuals are beautiful [Novalis]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief

19576

Religion needs an intermediary, because none of us can connect directly to a godhead [Novalis]