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All the ideas for 'The Lagoon: how Aristotle invented science', 'Aristotle on Learning to be Good' and 'Transworld Heir Lines'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy

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The Pre-Socratics are not simple naturalists, because they do not always 'leave the gods out' [Leroi]

5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic

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Logicians like their entities to exhibit a maximum degree of purity [Kaplan]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum

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Models nicely separate particulars from their clothing, and logicians often accept that metaphysically [Kaplan]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity

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The simplest solution to transworld identification is to adopt bare particulars [Kaplan]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts

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Unusual people may have no counterparts, or several [Kaplan]

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Essence is a transworld heir line, rather than a collection of properties [Kaplan]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 8. Synonymy

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Sentences might have the same sense when logically equivalent - or never have the same sense [Kaplan]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

4377	Intellectualism is an excessive emphasis on reasoning in moral philosophy [Burnyeat]