Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Preface to Universal Characteristic' and 'Explanation: the state of play'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

2118	All other human gifts can harm us, but not correct reasoning [Leibniz]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

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Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

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Explanation is for curiosity, control, understanding, to make meaningful, or to give authority [Stanford]

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Audience-relative explanation, or metaphysical explanation based on information? [Stanford]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

12315

We can explain by showing constitution, as well as showing causes [Stanford]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]