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All the ideas for 'Conversations, with Glyn Daly', 'The Folly of Trying to Define Truth' and 'Against Barbaric physics'

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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]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth

23295

Truth cannot be reduced to anything simpler [Davidson]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique

23298

Neither Aristotle nor Tarski introduce the facts needed for a correspondence theory [Davidson]

3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 1. Tarski's Truth / c. Meta-language for truth

23297

The language to define truth needs a finite vocabulary, to make the definition finite [Davidson]

3. Truth / G. Axiomatic Truth / 1. Axiomatic Truth

23296

We can elucidate indefinable truth, but showing its relation to other concepts [Davidson]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / a. Justification issues

23294

It is common to doubt truth when discussing it, but totally accept it when discussing knowledge [Davidson]

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]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

16709

Some people return to scholastic mysterious qualities, disguising them as 'forces' [Leibniz]