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

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9 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]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason

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Possessing the virtue of justice disposes a person to good practical rationality [Foot]

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]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism

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Calling a knife or farmer or speech or root good does not involve attitudes or feelings [Foot]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue

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The essential thing is the 'needs' of plants and animals, and their operative parts [Foot]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice

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Observing justice is necessary to humans, like hunting to wolves or dancing to bees [Foot]