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All the ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'The Artworld' and 'A Combinatorial Theory of Possibility'

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5 ideas

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

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Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 6. Making Negative Truths

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Negative existentials have 'totality facts' as truthmakers [Armstrong, by Lewis]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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All possibilities are recombinations of properties in the actual world [Armstrong, by Lewis]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

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Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 6. Art as Institution

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An ordinary object can be a work of art, but only if some theory of art supports it [Danto]