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All the ideas for 'Dthat', 'Contributions to Philosophy' and 'Public Text and Common Reader'

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7 ideas

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

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Are causal descriptions part of the causal theory of reference, or are they just metasemantic? [Kaplan, by Schaffer,J]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 3. Taste

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Literary meaning emerges in comparisons, and tradition shows which comparisons are relevant [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 5. Art as Language

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In literature, word replacement changes literary meaning [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 1. Artistic Intentions

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Without intentions we can't perceive sculpture, but that is not the whole story [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 3. Artistic Representation

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In aesthetic interest, even what is true is treated as though it were not [Scruton]

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

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We can be objective about conventions, but love of art is needed to understand its traditions [Scruton]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom

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Culture is now dominated by boredom, so universal it is unnoticed [Heidegger, by Aho]