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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Theology and Verification' and 'When Does a Life Begin?'

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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
3061 Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion
4055 It isn't obviously wicked to destroy a potential human being (e.g. an ununited egg and sperm) [Lockwood]
4054 I may exist before I become a person, just as I exist before I become an adult [Lockwood]
4056 If the soul is held to leave the body at brain-death, it should arrive at the time of brain-creation [Lockwood]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / c. Religious Verification
1470 Belief in an afterlife may be unverifiable in this life, but it will be verifiable after death [Hick, by PG]
1471 It may be hard to verify that we have become immortal, but we could still then verify religious claims [Hick, by PG]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / d. Religious Falsification
1469 Some things (e.g. a section of the expansion of PI) can be verified but not falsified [Hick, by PG]