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All the ideas for 'Bayesianism', 'Culture and Value' and 'Proof of an External World'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People

16010

While faith is a passion (as Kierkegaard says), wisdom is passionless [Wittgenstein]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 2. Common Sense Certainty

6349	I can prove a hand exists, by holding one up, pointing to it, and saying 'here is one hand' [Moore,GE]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

2799	Bayes' theorem explains why very surprising predictions have a higher value as evidence [Horwich]

2798	Probability of H, given evidence E, is prob(H) x prob(E given H) / prob(E) [Horwich]