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All the ideas for 'Symposium', 'Intro to 'Philosophical Essays'' and 'Review of Aron 'Our Knowledge of Universals''

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

9786	Philosophers working like teams of scientists is absurd, yet isolation is hard [Cartwright,R]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

9784	A false proposition isn't truer because it is part of a coherent system [Cartwright,R]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / a. Origin of concepts

10645

We reach concepts by clarification, or by definition, or by habitual experience [Price,HH]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

10644

A 'felt familiarity' with universals is more primitive than abstraction [Price,HH]

10646

Our understanding of 'dog' or 'house' arises from a repeated experience of concomitances [Price,HH]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds

5845	Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon]