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All the ideas for 'The Sceptical Chemist', 'Seven Types of Atheism' and 'Conversations, with Glyn Daly'

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11 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]

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]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

15961

I don't see how mere moving matter can lead to the bodies of men and animals, and especially their seeds [Boyle]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

23061

Free atheism should start by questioning its faith in humanity [Gray]

29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 4. Dualist Religion

23057

Gnosticism has a supreme creator God, giving way to a possibly hostile Demiurge [Gray]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 2. Judaism

23056

Judaism only became monotheistic around 550 BCE [Gray]

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

23055

Christians introduced the idea that a religion needs a creed [Gray]

29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism

23058

Buddhism has no divinity or souls, and the aim is to lose the illusion of a self [Gray]