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'works', 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature' and 'Language,Truth and Logic'
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
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There is practical wisdom (for action), and theoretical wisdom (for deep understanding) [Aristotle, by Whitcomb]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
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Philosophy is a department of logic [Ayer]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
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Philosophers should abandon speculation, as philosophy is wholly critical [Ayer]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics
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Humeans rejected the a priori synthetic, and so rejected even Kantian metaphysics [Ayer, by Macdonald,C]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis
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Analytical philosophy seems to have little interest in how to tell a good analysis from a bad one [Rorty]
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Critics say analysis can only show the parts, and not their distinctive configuration [Ayer]
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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
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Philosophy deals with the questions that scientists do not wish to handle [Ayer]
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