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All the ideas for 'Bayesianism', 'Rules for the Direction of the Mind' and 'Morality as system of hypothetical imperatives'

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8 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

9807	In pursuing truth, anything less certain than mathematics is a waste of time [Descartes]

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]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / e. Ethical cognitivism

22392

Morality is inescapable, in descriptive words such as 'dishonest', 'unjust' and 'uncharitable' [Foot]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

23685

Reason is not a motivator of morality [Foot, by Hacker-Wright]

23691

Rejecting moral rules may be villainous, but it isn't inconsistent [Foot]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

22391

Saying we 'ought to be moral' makes no sense, unless it relates to some other system [Foot]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative

22389

Morality no more consists of categorical imperatives than etiquette does [Foot]