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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Unity of Science as a Working Hypothesis' and 'Events and Semantic Architecture'

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

291	Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]

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

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Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson]

19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference

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No language is semantically referential; it all occurs at the level of thought or utterance [Pietroski, by Hofweber]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage

293	Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato]