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All the ideas for 'Ethical Studies', 'Does Ontology Rest on a Mistake?' and 'Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions'

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10 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

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For me, fictions are internally true, without a significant internal or external truth-value [Yablo]

19490

Make-believe can help us to reason about facts and scientific procedures [Yablo]

19491

'The clouds are angry' can only mean '...if one were attributing emotions to clouds' [Yablo]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / b. Essence of consciousness

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Consciousness always transcends itself [Sartre]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / a. Nature of emotions

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An emotion and its object form a unity, so emotion is a mode of apprehension [Sartre]

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Emotion is one of our modes of understanding our Being-in-the-World [Sartre]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / c. Role of emotions

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Emotions are a sort of bodily incantation which brings a magic to the world [Sartre]

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Emotions makes us believe in and live in a new world [Sartre]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

5655	Happiness is not satisfaction of desires, but fulfilment of values [Bradley, by Scruton]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

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States have a monopoly of legitimate violence [Sartre, by Wolff,J]