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All the ideas for '21: Book of Ecclesiastes', 'Methodological Reflections on Current Linguistic Theory' and 'Neutral Relations'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

8766	In much wisdom is much grief [Anon (Ecc)]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour

7494	Laughter is mad; of mirth, what doeth it? [Anon (Ecc)]

8767	Sorrow is better than laughter [Anon (Ecc)]

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations

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The 'standard' view of relations is that they hold of several objects in a given order [Fine,K]

14216

The 'positionalist' view of relations says the number of places is fixed, but not the order [Fine,K]

14218

A block on top of another contains one relation, not both 'on top of' and 'beneath' [Fine,K]

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Language imposes a direction on a road which is not really part of the road [Fine,K]

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Explain biased relations as orderings of the unbiased, or the unbiased as permutation classes of the biased? [Fine,K]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics

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Syntax and semantics are indeterminate, and modern 'semantics' is a bogus subject [Quine, by Lycan]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

8765	All is vanity, saith the Preacher [Anon (Ecc)]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

8768	Books are endless, and study is wearisome [Anon (Ecc)]