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All the ideas for 'Intro to Naming,Necessity and Natural Kinds', 'Buddhacarita' and 'Cosmic Apprentice'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
16567 Scientists know everything about nothing, philosophers nothing about everything [Sagan,D]
2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions
5831 The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
5829 We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP]
5830 The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP]
16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self
7906 When the Buddha reached the highest level of insight, he could detect no self in the world [Ashvaghosha]
18. Thought / C. Content / 8. Intension
5826 The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP]
29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism
7904 The first stage of trance is calm amidst applied and discursive thinking [Ashvaghosha]
7905 The Buddha sought ultimate reality and the final goal of existence in his meditations [Ashvaghosha]