Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Friedrich Nietzsche and W.H. Newton-Smith

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

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The strength of knowledge is not its truth, but its entrenchment in our culture [Nietzsche]

4537	We can't know whether there is knowledge if we don't know what it is [Nietzsche]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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We can only understand through concepts, which subsume particulars in generalities [Nietzsche]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 3. Value of Knowledge

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Most people treat knowledge as a private possession [Nietzsche]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

3872	We must assess the truth of beliefs in identifying them [Newton-Smith]

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Belief matters more than knowledge, and only begins when knowledge ceases [Nietzsche]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

4485	Every belief is a considering-something-true [Nietzsche]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 5. Aiming at Truth

4421	Philosophers have never asked why there is a will to truth in the first place [Nietzsche]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First

7154	We can't use our own self to criticise our own capacity for knowledge! [Nietzsche]