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All the ideas for 'works', 'Has Philosophy Lost Contact with People?' and 'Intro to 'Philosophical Essays''

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6 ideas

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

9764	Inspiration and social improvement need wisdom, but not professional philosophy [Quine]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

9786	Philosophers working like teams of scientists is absurd, yet isolation is hard [Cartwright,R]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

9763	For a good theory of the world, we must focus on our flabby foundational vocabulary [Quine]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

9784	A false proposition isn't truer because it is part of a coherent system [Cartwright,R]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

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Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

6610	I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]