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All the ideas for 'Semantics, Conceptual Role', 'Space, Knowledge and Power (interview)' and 'The Absurd'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy

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The big issue since the eighteenth century has been: what is Reason? Its effect, limits and dangers? [Foucault]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

3269	If your life is to be meaningful as part of some large thing, the large thing must be meaningful [Nagel]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 8. Social Justification

3270	Justifications come to an end when we want them to [Nagel]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / c. Meaning by Role

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The meaning of a representation is its role in thought, perception or decisions [Block]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 2. Nihilism

3268	If a small brief life is absurd, then so is a long and large one [Nagel]