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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'A General Principle to Explain Laws of Nature' and 'The Problem of Knowledge'

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10 ideas

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

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Philosophy is sanctified, because it flows from God [Leibniz]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 1. Fallacy

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Induction assumes some uniformity in nature, or that in some respects the future is like the past [Ayer]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity

19394

Inequality can be brought infinitely close to equality [Leibniz]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 5. Cogito Critique

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To say 'I am not thinking' must be false, but it might have been true, so it isn't self-contradictory [Ayer]

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'I know I exist' has no counterevidence, so it may be meaningless [Ayer]

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Knowing I exist reveals nothing at all about my nature [Ayer]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

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We only discard a hypothesis after one failure if it appears likely to keep on failing [Ayer]

14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction

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Induction passes from particular facts to other particulars, or to general laws, non-deductively [Ayer]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

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Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure

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Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]