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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Has Philosophy Lost Contact with People?' and 'Tropes'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

9764	Inspiration and social improvement need wisdom, but not professional philosophy [Quine]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

9763	For a good theory of the world, we must focus on our flabby foundational vocabulary [Quine]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes

8526	We might treat both tropes and substances as fundamental, so we can't presume it is just tropes [Daly]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes

8527	More than one trope (even identical ones!) can occupy the same location [Daly]

8528	If tropes are linked by the existence of concurrence, a special relation is needed to link them all [Daly]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

3061	Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius]