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All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'On the Very Idea of a Third Dogma' and 'Intro to Classical Chinese Philosophy'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 2. Ancient Thought

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The Dao (Way) first means the road, and comes to mean the right way to live [Norden]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

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The hermeneutic circle is either within the text, or between text and biased reader [Norden]

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Heremeneutics is either 'faith' (examining truth) or 'suspicion' (looking for hidden motives) [Norden]

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]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / a. Translation

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Translation is too flimsy a notion to support theories of cultural incommensurability [Quine]