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All the ideas for 'Conversations, with Glyn Daly', 'The Problem of Knowledge' and 'Cogitata et Visa'

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12 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]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 1. Fallacy

19463

Induction assumes some uniformity in nature, or that in some respects the future is like the past [Ayer]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 5. Cogito Critique

19461

Knowing I exist reveals nothing at all about my nature [Ayer]

19459

To say 'I am not thinking' must be false, but it might have been true, so it isn't self-contradictory [Ayer]

19460

'I know I exist' has no counterevidence, so it may be meaningless [Ayer]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism

3648	Empiricists are collecting ants; rationalists are spinning spiders; and bees do both [Bacon]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

19464

We only discard a hypothesis after one failure if it appears likely to keep on failing [Ayer]

14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction

19462

Induction passes from particular facts to other particulars, or to general laws, non-deductively [Ayer]

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]