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All the ideas for 'Intro to 'Philosophical Essays'', 'works' and 'The Scientific Image'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

9786	Philosophers working like teams of scientists is absurd, yet isolation is hard [Cartwright,R]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

9784	A false proposition isn't truer because it is part of a coherent system [Cartwright,R]

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 3. Contradiction

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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor lack of contradiction a sign of truth [Pascal]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance

23900

Chance is compatible with necessity, and the two occur together [Weil]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty

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The secret of art is that beauty is a just blend of unity and its opposite [Weil]