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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Critical Common-Sensism' and 'Moral Relativism'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 2. Ancient Thought

1597	Thales was the first western thinker to believe the arché was intelligible [Roochnik on Thales]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

14797

Vagueness is a neglected but important part of mathematical thought [Peirce]

14798

All communication is vague, and is outside the principle of non-contradiction [Peirce]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality

3013	Nothing is stronger than necessity, which rules everything [Thales, by Diog. Laertius]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

22449

When we say 'is red' we don't mean 'seems red to most people' [Foot]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / e. Ethical cognitivism

22451

All people need affection, cooperation, community and help in trouble [Foot]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

22452

Do we have a concept of value, other than wanting something, or making an effort to get it? [Foot]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / c. Ultimate substances

1494	Thales said water is the first principle, perhaps from observing that food is moist [Thales, by Aristotle]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

1713	Thales must have thought soul causes movement, since he thought magnets have soul [Thales, by Aristotle]

29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 2. Greek Polytheism

1742	Thales said the gods know our wrong thoughts as well as our evil actions [Thales, by Diog. Laertius]