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All the ideas for 'The Definition of Good', 'The Absurd' and 'The Problem of Counterfactual Conditionals'

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5 ideas

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

3269	If your life is to be meaningful as part of some large thing, the large thing must be meaningful [Nagel]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

12191

Counterfactuals are true if logical or natural laws imply the consequence [Goodman, by McFetridge]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 8. Social Justification

3270	Justifications come to an end when we want them to [Nagel]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism

18671

The ground for an attitude is not a thing's 'goodness', but its concrete characteristics [Ewing]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 2. Nihilism

3268	If a small brief life is absurd, then so is a long and large one [Nagel]