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All the ideas for 'Categories, Classification, Cogn. Anthropology', 'General Draft' and 'Experience First (and reply)'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

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Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 2. Categorisation

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Several words may label a category; one word can name several categories; some categories lack words [Ellen]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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It is nonsense that understanding does not involve knowledge; to understand, you must know [Dougherty/Rysiew]

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To grasp understanding, we should be more explicit about what needs to be known [Dougherty/Rysiew]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First

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Rather than knowledge, our epistemic aim may be mere true belief, or else understanding and wisdom [Dougherty/Rysiew]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation

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Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis]