Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Possible Worlds', 'Toward a Philosophy of History' and 'Sociobiology'

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6 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

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Lewis's distinction of 'existing' from 'being actual' is Meinong's between 'existing' and 'subsisting' [Lycan on Lewis]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / h. Dasein (being human)

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For man, being is not what he is, but what he is going to be [Ortega y Gassett]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

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Lewis can't know possible worlds without first knowing what is possible or impossible [Lycan on Lewis]

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What are the ontological grounds for grouping possibilia into worlds? [Lycan on Lewis]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / d. Biological ethics

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Genetic behaviours that have enhanced human success include aggression, rape and xenophobia [Wilson,EO, by Okasha]

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

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Instead of having a nature, man only has a history [Ortega y Gassett]