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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'German Philosophy: a very short introduction' and 'Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

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Transcendental idealism aims to explain objectivity through subjectivity [Bowie]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

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The Idealists saw the same unexplained spontaneity in Kant's judgements and choices [Bowie]

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German Idealism tried to stop oppositions of appearances/things and receptivity/spontaneity [Bowie]

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Crucial to Idealism is the idea of continuity between receptivity and spontaneous judgement [Bowie]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 10. Rule Following

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'Quus' means the same as 'plus' if the ingredients are less than 57; otherwise it just produces 5 [Kripke]

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No rule can be fully explained [Kripke]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings

7305	Kripke's Wittgenstein says meaning 'vanishes into thin air' [Kripke, by Miller,A]

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If you ask what is in your mind for following the addition rule, meaning just seems to vanish [Kripke]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics

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Community implies assertability-conditions rather than truth-conditions semantics [Kripke, by Hanna]

19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language

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The sceptical rule-following paradox is the basis of the private language argument [Kripke, by Hanna]