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All the ideas for 'Unconscious Cerebral Initiative', 'Aesthetics: problems in the philosophy of criticism' and 'Preface to 'Dorian Gray''

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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act
Libet says the processes initiated in the cortex can still be consciously changed [Libet, by Papineau]
Libet found conscious choice 0.2 secs before movement, well after unconscious 'readiness potential' [Libet, by Lowe]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art
All art is quite useless [Wilde]
Art leads to mental health, and mental clarity [Beardsley,M, by Carroll,N]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
Books are only well or badly written, not moral or immoral [Wilde]
Having ethical sympathies is a bad mannerism of style in an artist [Wilde]