Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Mind and Its Place in Nature', 'Beitrage' and 'On the Basis of Morality'

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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception

7628	Broad rejects the inferential component of the representative theory [Broad, by Maund]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

9145	We form the image of a cardinal number by a double abstraction, from the elements and from their order [Cantor]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

21375

Reason can be vicious, and great crimes have to be rational [Schopenhauer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

21379

Man's three basic ethical incentives are egoism, malice and compassion [Schopenhauer]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

21376

Philosophy treats animals as exploitable things, ignoring the significance of their lives [Schopenhauer]