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All the ideas for 'works', 'Interview with Baggini and Stangroom' and 'Hilbert's Programme'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
6855 Interesting philosophers hardly every give you explicitly valid arguments [Martin,M]
2. Reason / E. Argument / 1. Argument
6856 Valid arguments can be rejected by challenging the premises or presuppositions [Martin,M]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite
17809 Gödel showed that the syntactic approach to the infinite is of limited value [Kreisel]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics
17810 The study of mathematical foundations needs new non-mathematical concepts [Kreisel]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception
6857 An error theory of perception says our experience is not as it seems to be [Martin,M]
27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space
17811 The natural conception of points ducks the problem of naming or constructing each point [Kreisel]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy
16713 Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism
6610 I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]