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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Contingent Identity' and 'Notebooks 1914-1916'

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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

21959	Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW]
	Full Idea: Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things.
	From: A.W. Moore (The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics [2012], Intro)
	A reaction: This is the first sentence of Moore's book, and a touchstone idea all the way through. It stands up well, because it says enough without committing to too much. I have to agree with it. It implies explanation as the key. I like generality too.

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

18274	Analysis complicates a statement, but only as far as the complexity of its meaning [Wittgenstein]
	Full Idea: Analysis makes the statement more complicated than it was; but it cannot and ought not to make it more complicated than its meaning (Bedeutung) was to begin with. When the statement is as complex as its meaning, then it is completely analysed.
	From: Ludwig Wittgenstein (Notebooks 1914-1916 [1915], 46e)
	A reaction: But how do you assess how complex the 'Bedeutung' was before you started?