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Ideas for Richard Price, Michael Dummett and Robert C. Solomon

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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought
8175 A theory of thought will include propositional attitudes as well as propositions [Dummett]
8174 The theories of meaning and understanding are the only routes to an account of thought [Dummett]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / a. Nature of emotions
23952 I say bodily chemistry and its sensations have nothing to do with emotions [Solomon]
23954 Emotions are judgements about ourselves, and our place in the world [Solomon]
23960 Emotions are defined by their objects [Solomon]
23961 The heart of an emotion is its judgement of values and morality [Solomon]
23965 Emotions can be analysed under fifteen headings [Solomon]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / b. Types of emotion
23959 Some emotions are externally directed, others internally [Solomon]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / c. Role of emotions
23936 It is only our passions which give our lives meaning [Solomon]
23963 Which emotions we feel depends on our sense of our own powers [Solomon]
23946 The passions are subjective, concerning what is important to me, rather than facts [Solomon]
23940 Emotions are strategies for maximising our sense of dignity and self-esteem [Solomon]
23949 Passions exist as emotions, moods and desires, which all generate meaning [Solomon]
23956 The Myth of the Passions says they are irrational, uncontrolled and damaging [Solomon]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / d. Emotional feeling
23953 Feeling is a superficial aspect of emotion, and may be indeterminate, or even absent [Solomon]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / e. Basic emotions
23964 There are no 'basic' emotions, only socially prevalent ones [Solomon]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / f. Emotion and reason
23937 It is reason which needs the anchorage of passions, rather than vice versa [Solomon]
23947 Dividing ourselves into confrontational reason and passion destroys our harmonious whole [Solomon]
23958 The supposed irrationality of our emotions is often tactless or faulty expression of them [Solomon]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / c. Fregean concepts
19168 Concepts only have a 'functional character', because they map to truth values, not objects [Dummett, by Davidson]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / i. Conceptual priority
9849 Maybe a concept is 'prior' to another if it can be defined without the second concept [Dummett]
9850 An argument for conceptual priority is greater simplicity in explanation [Dummett]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought
9873 Abstract terms are acceptable as long as we know how they function linguistically [Dummett]
10839 You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
10549 Since abstract objects cannot be picked out, we must rely on identity statements [Dummett]
9993 There is no reason why abstraction by equivalence classes should be called 'logical' [Dummett, by Tait]
9857 We arrive at the concept 'suicide' by comparing 'Cato killed Cato' with 'Brutus killed Brutus' [Dummett]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique
9833 To abstract from spoons (to get the same number as the forks), the spoons must be indistinguishable too [Dummett]
8165 To 'abstract from' is a logical process, as opposed to the old mental view [Dummett]