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All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Virtues of Authenticity'', 'The Roots of Reference' and 'Does Moral Subjectivism Rest on a Mistake?'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms

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Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking

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Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism

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Non-cognitivists give the conditions of use of moral sentences as facts about the speaker [Foot]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism

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The mistake is to think good grounds aren't enough for moral judgement, which also needs feelings [Foot]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

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Moral arguments are grounded in human facts [Foot]