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All the ideas for 'Continental Philosophy - V. Short Intro', 'Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language' and 'Reductive Theories of Modality'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

9218	Maybe what distinguishes philosophy from science is its pursuit of necessary truths [Sider]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

7068	If infatuation with science leads to bad scientism, its rejection leads to obscurantism [Critchley]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

7075	To meet the division in our life, try the Subject, Nature, Spirit, Will, Power, Praxis, Unconscious, or Being [Critchley]

7069	The French keep returning, to Hegel or Nietzsche or Marx [Critchley]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 10. Rule Following

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No rule can be fully explained [Kripke]

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'Quus' means the same as 'plus' if the ingredients are less than 57; otherwise it just produces 5 [Kripke]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings

7305	Kripke's Wittgenstein says meaning 'vanishes into thin air' [Kripke, by Miller,A]

19270

If you ask what is in your mind for following the addition rule, meaning just seems to vanish [Kripke]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics

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Community implies assertability-conditions rather than truth-conditions semantics [Kripke, by Hanna]

19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language

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The sceptical rule-following paradox is the basis of the private language argument [Kripke, by Hanna]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

7067	Food first, then ethics [Critchley]