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All the ideas for 'works', 'Three Grades of Modal Involvement' and 'On the Basis of Morality'

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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic

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Whether a modal claim is true depends on how the object is described [Quine, by Fine,K]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification

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Objects are the values of variables, so a referentially opaque context cannot be quantified into [Quine]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

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Aristotelian essentialism says a thing has some necessary and some non-necessary properties [Quine]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity

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Necessity can attach to statement-names, to statements, and to open sentences [Quine]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity

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Necessity is in the way in which we say things, and not things themselves [Quine]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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Reason can be vicious, and great crimes have to be rational [Schopenhauer]

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

7667	There are two sides to men - the pleasantly social, and the violent and creative [Diderot, by Berlin]

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Man's three basic ethical incentives are egoism, malice and compassion [Schopenhauer]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

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Philosophy treats animals as exploitable things, ignoring the significance of their lives [Schopenhauer]