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All the ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'The Xunzi' and 'Semantics for Natural Languages'

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6 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]

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]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

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Davidson rejected ordinary meaning, and just used truth and reference instead [Davidson, by Soames]

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Davidson aimed to show that language is structured by first-order logic [Davidson, by Smart]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue

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Rituals escape natural chaos, and benefit everyone, by reshaping our motivations [Xunzi (Xun Kuang), by Norden]

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Rituals don't arise from human nature; they are the deliberate creations of a sage [Xunzi (Xun Kuang)]