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All the ideas for 'The Epistemology of Modality', 'The Dappled World' and 'Modern Moral Philosophy'

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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible

19440

How do you know you have conceived a thing deeply enough to assess its possibility? [Vaidya]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

17503

Theories can never represent accurately, because their components are abstract [Cartwright,N, by Portides]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

8070	It would be better to point to failings of character, than to moral wrongness of actions [Anscombe]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

8065	'Ought' and 'right' are survivals from earlier ethics, and should be jettisoned [Anscombe]

8069	Between Aristotle and us, a Judaeo-Christian legal conception of ethics was developed [Anscombe]