Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Against the Professors (six books)' and 'Interview with Baggini and Stangroom'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason

6855	Interesting philosophers hardly every give you explicitly valid arguments [Martin,M]

2. Reason / E. Argument / 1. Argument

6856	Valid arguments can be rejected by challenging the premises or presuppositions [Martin,M]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

6021	It is only when we say a proposition that we speak truly or falsely [Sext.Empiricus]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form

6020	'Man is a rational mortal animal' is equivalent to 'if something is a man, that thing is a rational mortal animal' [Sext.Empiricus]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception

6857	An error theory of perception says our experience is not as it seems to be [Martin,M]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 1. Observation

6026	How can you investigate without some preconception of your object? [Sext.Empiricus]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 9. Contractualism

6032	Right actions, once done, are those with a reasonable justification [Sext.Empiricus]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature

1517	The tektraktys (1+2+3+4=10) is the 'fount of ever-flowing nature' [Sext.Empiricus]