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All the ideas for 'Artistic Value and Opportunistic Moralism', 'Varieties of Meaning' and 'Preface to Universal Characteristic'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

2118	All other human gifts can harm us, but not correct reasoning [Leibniz]

18. Thought / C. Content / 11. Teleological Semantics

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Biosemantics says content is useful mapping from a producer to a consumer system [Millikan, by Schulte]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

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The works we value most are in sympathy with our own moral views [John,E]

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We should understand what is morally important in a story, without having to endorse it [John,E]

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We value morality in art because that is what we care about - but it is a contingent fact [John,E]

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A work can be morally and artistically excellent, despite rejecting moral truth [John,E]