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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'On the Law of War' and 'Persistence, Change and Explanation'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies

13925	Ontology disputes rest on more basic explanation disputes [Haslanger]
	Full Idea: Disputes over ontology derive from more fundamental disputes over forms of explanation.
	From: Sally Haslanger (Persistence, Change and Explanation [1989], 1)
	A reaction: It immediately strikes me that Haslanger has stolen my master idea, but unfortunately the dating suggests that she has priority. The tricky part is to combine this view with realism.

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality

221	Absolute ideas, such as the Good and the Beautiful, cannot be known by us [Plato]
	Full Idea: The absolute good and the beautiful and all which we conceive to be absolute ideas are unknown to us.
	From: Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 134c)