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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Essay on Probability', 'Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action' and 'Oldest System Prog. of German Idealism'

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5 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

7083	Highest reason is aesthetic, and truth and good are subordinate to beauty [Hegel]

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]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

15677

Moral right is linked to validity and truth, so morality is a matter of knowledge, not an expression of values [Habermas, by Finlayson]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 9. Contractualism

15671

Move from individual willing of a general law, to willing norms agreed with other people [Habermas]