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All the ideas for 'works', 'The Gathas (seventeen hymns)' and 'Why there isn't a ready-made world'

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10 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

17648

It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay

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Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / b. Nature of sense-data

17642

The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / d. Selecting the cause

17645

An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 1. Monotheistic Religion

7598	Zoroaster and the Hebrew prophets evolved different versions of monotheism [Zoroaster, by Armstrong,K]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 3. Zoroastrianism

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Zoroastrianism saw the world as a battle between good evil gods [Zoroaster, by Harari]

7472	Zarathustra was the first to present a god who is an abstract concept [Zoroaster]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

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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]