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All the ideas for 'Classical Cosmology (frags)', 'Against the Mathematicians' and 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 1: Preliminary'

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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 1. Common Sense

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Many truths seem obvious, and point to universal agreement - which is what we find [Reid]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / b. Basic beliefs

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Some things are their own criterion, such as straightness, a set of scales, or light [Sext.Empiricus]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique

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How can sceptics show there is no criterion? Weak without, contradiction with [Sext.Empiricus]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

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Only philosophers treat ideas as objects [Reid]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 9. Ambiguity

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The ambiguity of words impedes the advancement of knowledge [Reid]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

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Similar effects come from similar causes, and causes are only what are sufficient for the effects [Reid]

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

5994	Is the cosmos open or closed, mechanical or teleological, alive or inanimate, and created or eternal? [Robinson,TM, by PG]