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All the ideas for 'Taking Rights Seriously', 'The Structure of Science' and 'Against the Logicians (two books)'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Ordinary speech is not exact about what is true; we say we are digging a well before the well exists [Sext.Empiricus]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction

3425	Reduction has been defined as deriving one theory from another by logic and maths [Nagel,E, by Kim]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

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Some properties are inseparable from a thing, such as the length, breadth and depth of a body [Sext.Empiricus]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification

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Fools, infants and madmen may speak truly, but do not know [Sext.Empiricus]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge

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Madmen are reliable reporters of what appears to them [Sext.Empiricus]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / b. Empirical concepts

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We can only dream of a winged man if we have experienced men and some winged thing [Sext.Empiricus]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / b. Liberal individualism

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Dworkin believed we should promote equality, to increase autonomy [Dworkin, by Kekes]

25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality

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We can treat people as equals, or actually treat them equally [Dworkin, by Grayling]

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Treating people as equals is the one basic value of all plausible political theories [Dworkin, by Kymlicka]