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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence' and 'Aesthetics'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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Metaphysics aims to identify categories of being, and show their interdependency [Lowe]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

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Philosophy aims not at the 'analysis of concepts', but at understanding the essences of things [Lowe]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects

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Holes, shadows and spots of light can coincide without being identical [Lowe]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

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All things must have an essence (a 'what it is'), or we would be unable to think about them [Lowe]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences

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Knowing an essence is just knowing what the thing is, not knowing some further thing [Lowe]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity

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Each thing has to be of a general kind, because it belongs to some category [Lowe]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 1. Aesthetics

8108	Aesthetics presupposes a distinctive sort of experience, and a unified essence for art [Gardner]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 7. Ontology of Art

8112	Art works originate in the artist's mind, and appreciation is re-creating this mental object [Gardner]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 5. Objectivism in Art

8111	Aesthetic objectivists must explain pleasure being essential, but not in the object [Gardner]

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

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

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / d. Subjective value

8109	Aesthetic judgements necessarily require first-hand experience, unlike moral judgements [Gardner]