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All the ideas for 'Does Emp.Knowledge have Foundation?', 'Course of Positive Philosophy' and 'Methodological Reflections on Current Linguistic Theory'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

7491	The phases of human thought are theological, then metaphysical, then positivist [Comte, by Watson]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / c. Empirical foundations

8793	If observation is knowledge, it is not just an experience; it is a justification in the space of reasons [Sellars]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / f. Foundationalism critique

8792	Observations like 'this is green' presuppose truths about what is a reliable symptom of what [Sellars]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / f. Theory theory of concepts

8791	The concept of 'green' involves a battery of other concepts [Sellars]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics

15788

Syntax and semantics are indeterminate, and modern 'semantics' is a bogus subject [Quine, by Lycan]