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All the ideas for 'reports', 'Philosophical Insignificance of A Priori Knowledge' and 'Experience First (and reply)'

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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

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All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

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Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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It is nonsense that understanding does not involve knowledge; to understand, you must know [Dougherty/Rysiew]

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To grasp understanding, we should be more explicit about what needs to be known [Dougherty/Rysiew]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First

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Rather than knowledge, our epistemic aim may be mere true belief, or else understanding and wisdom [Dougherty/Rysiew]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 9. A Priori from Concepts

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A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition

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Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification

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Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau]