Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Epistemology' and 'talk'

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11 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

10152

Set theory and logic are fairy tales, but still worth studying [Tarski]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

18933

Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism

10151

I am a deeply convinced nominalist [Tarski]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

7301	The phenomenalist says that to be is to be perceivable [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

7302	Linguistic phenomenalism says we can eliminate talk of physical objects [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

7303	If we lack enough sense-data, are we to say that parts of reality are 'indeterminate'? [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / c. Primary qualities

7299	Primary qualities can be described mathematically, unlike secondary qualities [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

7300	An object cannot remain an object without its primary qualities [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique

7297	My justifications might be very coherent, but totally unconnected to the world [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]