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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Commentary on the Metaphysics' and 'Experience First (and reply)'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

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The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

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The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

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An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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It is nonsense that understanding does not involve knowledge; to understand, you must know [Dougherty/Rysiew]

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To grasp understanding, we should be more explicit about what needs to be known [Dougherty/Rysiew]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First

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Rather than knowledge, our epistemic aim may be mere true belief, or else understanding and wisdom [Dougherty/Rysiew]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]