Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'Moral Arguments' and 'De Essentia'

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6 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 3. Contradiction

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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor lack of contradiction a sign of truth [Pascal]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity

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A snowball's haecceity is the property of being identical with itself [Plantinga, by Westerhoff]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / k. Ethics from nature

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Moral judgements need more than the relevant facts, if the same facts lead to 'x is good' and 'x is bad' [Foot]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

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Whether someone is rude is judged by agreed criteria, so the facts dictate the value [Foot]

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We can't affirm a duty without saying why it matters if it is not performed [Foot]

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Facts and values are connected if we cannot choose what counts as evidence of rightness [Foot]