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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Conversations, with Glyn Daly' and 'The Nature of Necessity'

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10 ideas

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

9777	Kant was the first philosopher [Zizek]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

9778	There is no dialogue in philosophy [Zizek]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

9779	Philosophy is transcendental questioning (not supporting science or constructing ontology) [Zizek]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

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Plantinga says there is just this world, with possibilities expressed in propositions [Plantinga, by Armstrong]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation

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Possibilities for an individual can only refer to that individual, in some possible world [Plantinga, by Mackie,P]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / d. Purpose of consciousness

9780	Consciousness is a malfunction of evolution [Zizek]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism

9781	Tolerance and love are strategies to avoid encountering our neighbours [Zizek]

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]

28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof

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A possible world contains a being of maximal greatness - which is existence in all worlds [Plantinga, by Davies,B]