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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Putnam's Paradox' and 'German Philosophy 1760-1860'

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12 ideas

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

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Wolff's version of Leibniz dominated mid-18th C German thought [Pinkard]

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Romantics explored beautiful subjectivity, and the re-enchantment of nature [Pinkard]

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The combination of Kant and the French Revolution was an excited focus for German philosophy [Pinkard]

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / d. Nineteenth century philosophy

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In Hegel's time naturalism was called 'Spinozism' [Pinkard]

5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 2. Isomorphisms

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A consistent theory just needs one model; isomorphic versions will do too, and large domains provide those [Lewis]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

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Anti-realists see the world as imaginary, or lacking joints, or beyond reference, or beyond truth [Lewis]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts

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A gerrymandered mereological sum can be a mess, but still have natural joints [Lewis]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism

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Idealism is the link between reason and freedom [Pinkard]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

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Causal theories of reference make errors in reference easy [Lewis]

19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description

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Descriptive theories remain part of the theory of reference (with seven mild modifications) [Lewis]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

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Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure

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Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]