Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Necessary Existents', 'The Nature of Universals and Propositions' and 'Introduction to German Philosophy'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

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Art can make reason more all-inclusive, by articulating what seemed inexpressible [Bowie]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes

8511	Stout first explicitly proposed that properties and relations are particulars [Stout,GF, by Campbell,K]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

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German Idealism says our thinking and nature have the same rational structure [Bowie]

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct

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Nazis think race predetermines the self [Bowie]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

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Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

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Rhetoric is built into language, so it cannot be stripped from philosophy [Bowie]