Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'A Puzzle about Belief', 'Liberalism and the Limits of Justice' and 'Letter to Pythocles'

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6 ideas

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / c. Against best explanation

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We should accept as explanations all the plausible ways in which something could come about [Epicurus]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files

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Puzzled Pierre has two mental files about the same object [Recanati on Kripke]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 4. Original Position / a. Original position

20594

Choosers in the 'original position' have been stripped of most human characteristics [Sandel, by Tuckness/Wolf]

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

21120

The self is 'unencumbered' if it can abandon its roles and commitments without losing identity [Sandel, by Shorten]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology

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A cosmos is a collection of stars and an earth, with some sort of boundary, movement and shape [Epicurus]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism

1828	God does not intervene in heavenly movements, but is beyond all action and perfectly happy [Epicurus]