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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Every Thing Must Go' and 'Problems of Philosophy'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
5361 Philosophers must get used to absurdities [Russell]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
5368 Philosophy verifies that our hierarchy of instinctive beliefs is harmonious and consistent [Russell]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics
5432 Metaphysics cannot give knowledge of the universe as a whole [Russell]
14912 There is no test for metaphysics, except devising alternative theories [Ladyman/Ross]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science
14904 Metaphysics builds consilience networks across science [Ladyman/Ross]
14907 Progress in metaphysics must be tied to progress in science [Ladyman/Ross]
14908 Metaphysics must involve at least two scientific hypotheses, one fundamental, and add to explanation [Ladyman/Ross]
14910 Some science is so general that it is metaphysical [Ladyman/Ross]
14940 Cutting-edge physics has little to offer metaphysics [Ladyman/Ross]
14945 The aim of metaphysics is to unite the special sciences with physics [Ladyman/Ross]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual
14898 Modern metaphysics pursues aesthetic criteria like story-writing, and abandons scientific truth [Ladyman/Ross]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
14899 Why think that conceptual analysis reveals reality, rather than just how people think? [Ladyman/Ross]
1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
14936 A metaphysics based on quantum gravity could result in almost anything [Ladyman/Ross]
5434 Philosophy is similar to science, and has no special source of wisdom [Russell]
14897 We should abandon intuitions, especially that the world is made of little things, and made of something [Ladyman/Ross]
14905 The supremacy of science rests on its iterated error filters [Ladyman/Ross]