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All the ideas for 'The Bhagavad Gita', 'Demonstratives' and 'Sameness and Substance Renewed'

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53 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
7990 Serene wisdom is freedom from ties, and indifference to fortune [Anon (Bhag)]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
11832 We learn a concept's relations by using it, without reducing it to anything [Wiggins]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason
7989 Seek salvation in the wisdom of reason [Anon (Bhag)]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 3. Property (λ-) Abstraction
11863 (λx)[Man x] means 'the property x has iff x is a man'. [Wiggins]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
14746 What exists can't depend on our conceptual scheme, and using all conceptual schemes is too liberal [Sider on Wiggins]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
7996 I am all the beauty and goodness of things, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
11900 We can accept criteria of distinctness and persistence, without making the counterfactual claims [Mackie,P on Wiggins]
11870 Activity individuates natural things, functions do artefacts, and intentions do artworks [Wiggins]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity
11866 The idea of 'thisness' is better expressed with designation/predication and particular/universal [Wiggins]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
11896 A sortal essence is a thing's principle of individuation [Wiggins, by Mackie,P]
15835 Wiggins's sortal essentialism rests on a thing's principle of individuation [Wiggins, by Mackie,P]
11841 The evening star is the same planet but not the same star as the morning star, since it is not a star [Wiggins]
10679 'Sortalism' says parts only compose a whole if it falls under a sort or kind [Wiggins, by Hossack]
14363 Identity a=b is only possible with some concept to give persistence and existence conditions [Wiggins, by Strawson,P]
14364 A thing is necessarily its highest sortal kind, which entails an essential constitution [Wiggins, by Strawson,P]
11851 Many predicates are purely generic, or pure determiners, rather than sortals [Wiggins]
11865 The possibility of a property needs an essential sortal concept to conceive it [Wiggins]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects
14744 Objects can only coincide if they are of different kinds; trees can't coincide with other trees [Wiggins, by Sider]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects
11852 Is the Pope's crown one crown, if it is made of many crowns? [Wiggins]
11875 Boundaries are not crucial to mountains, so they are determinate without a determinate extent [Wiggins]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
14749 Identity is an atemporal relation, but composition is relative to times [Wiggins, by Sider]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
11844 If I destroy an item, I do not destroy each part of it [Wiggins]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
11861 We can forget about individual or particularized essences [Wiggins]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
11871 Essences are not explanations, but individuations [Wiggins]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
11879 Essentialism is best represented as a predicate-modifier: □(a exists → a is F) [Wiggins, by Mackie,P]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence
11835 The nominal essence is the idea behind a name used for sorting [Wiggins]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism
11876 It is easier to go from horses to horse-stages than from horse-stages to horses [Wiggins]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus
11858 The question is not what gets the title 'Theseus' Ship', but what is identical with the original [Wiggins]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
11843 Identity over a time and at a time aren't different concepts [Wiggins]
11864 Hesperus=Hesperus, and Phosphorus=Hesperus, so necessarily Phosphorus=Hesperus [Wiggins]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 2. Defining Identity
11831 The formal properties of identity are reflexivity and Leibniz's Law [Wiggins]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity
14362 Relative Identity is incompatible with the Indiscernibility of Identicals [Wiggins, by Strawson,P]
11838 Relativity of Identity makes identity entirely depend on a category [Wiggins]
11847 To identify two items, we must have a common sort for them [Wiggins]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 8. Leibniz's Law
11839 Do both 'same f as' and '=' support Leibniz's Law? [Wiggins]
11845 Substitutivity, and hence most reasoning, needs Leibniz's Law [Wiggins]
10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism
11869 Possible worlds rest on the objects about which we have suppositions [Wiggins]
10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions
11850 Not every story corresponds to a possible world [Wiggins]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
11848 Asking 'what is it?' nicely points us to the persistence of a continuing entity [Wiggins]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / a. Consciousness
7995 In all living beings I am the light of consciousness, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / a. Origin of concepts
11859 The mind conceptualizes objects; yet objects impinge upon the mind [Wiggins]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / c. Fregean concepts
11836 We can use 'concept' for the reference, and 'conception' for sense [Wiggins]
19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 10. Two-Dimensional Semantics
14894 Indexicals have a 'character' (the standing meaning), and a 'content' (truth-conditions for one context) [Kaplan, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]
14700 'Content' gives the standard modal profile, and 'character' gives rules for a context [Kaplan, by Schroeter]
20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 1. Action Theory
7999 All actions come from: body, lower self, perception, means of action, or Fate [Anon (Bhag)]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
7991 Hate and lust have their roots in man's lower nature [Anon (Bhag)]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / a. Just wars
7988 There is no greater good for a warrior than to fight in a just war [Anon (Bhag)]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements
7992 The visible forms of nature are earth, water, fire, air, ether; mind, reason, and the sense of 'I' [Anon (Bhag)]
26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 3. Knowing Kinds
11860 Lawlike propensities are enough to individuate natural kinds [Wiggins]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 1. God
7994 Everything, including the gods, comes from me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)]
29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 3. Hinduism
7993 Brahman is supreme, Atman his spirit in man, and Karma is the force of creation [Anon (Bhag)]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism
7997 Only by love can men see me, know me, and come to me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / e. Hell
7998 The three gates of hell are lust, anger and greed [Anon (Bhag)]