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All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'I.39 On Solitude' and 'Cosmic Apprentice'

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3 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

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Scientists know everything about nothing, philosophers nothing about everything [Sagan,D]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure

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We must fight fiercely to hang on to the few pleasures which survive into old age [Montaigne]