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All the ideas for 'Wisdom', 'Essays on Active Powers 3: Princs of action' and 'Many, but almost one'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

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The devil was wise as an angel, and lost no knowledge when he rebelled [Whitcomb]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

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Semantic indecision explains vagueness (if we have precisifications to be undecided about) [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail

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If cats are vague, we deny that the many cats are one, or deny that the one cat is many [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

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We have one cloud, but many possible boundaries and aggregates for it [Lewis]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

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Basic to pragmatics is taking a message in a way that makes sense of it [Lewis]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

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If an attempted poisoning results in benefits, we still judge the agent a poisoner [Reid]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 2. Golden Rule

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We shouldn't do to others what would be a wrong to us in similar circumstances [Reid]

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

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To be virtuous, we must care about duty [Reid]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / e. Honour

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Every worthy man has a principle of honour, and knows what is honourable [Reid]