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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Essay on Probability', 'Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion' and 'Phenomenology of Perception'

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6 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito

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Consciousness is based on 'I can', not on 'I think' [Merleau-Ponty]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

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The mind does not unite perceptions, because they flow into one another [Merleau-Ponty]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

7458	The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism

3441	If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity

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To universalise 'give everything to the poor' leads to absurdity [Hegel]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

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Immortality does not come at a later time, but when pure knowing Spirit fully grasps the universal [Hegel]