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All the ideas for 'Leibniz: Guide for the Perplexed', 'Moral Philosophy meets social psychology' and 'works'

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6 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

19347

Substance needs independence, unity, and stability (for individuation); also it is a subject, for predicates [Perkins]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / b. Turing Machines

3193	Turing showed that logical rules can be specified computationally and mechanically [Turing, by Rey]

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

5122	Maybe consequentialism is a critique of ordinary morality, rather than describing it [Harman]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

5123	Maybe there is no such thing as character, and the virtues and vices said to accompany it [Harman]

5124	If a person's two acts of timidity have different explanations, they are not one character trait [Harman]

5125	Virtue ethics might involve judgements about the virtues of actions, rather than character [Harman]