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All the ideas for 'Lectures on the History of Philosophy', 'Aristotle and Kant on the Source of Value' and 'Internal and External Reasons'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Philosophy is the conceptual essence of the shape of history [Hegel]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / c. Reasons as causes

9284	Reasons are 'internal' if they give a person a motive to act, but 'external' otherwise [Williams,B]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

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An end can't be an ultimate value just because it is useless! [Korsgaard]

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If we can't reason about value, we can reason about the unconditional source of value [Korsgaard]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good

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Goodness is given either by a psychological state, or the attribution of a property [Korsgaard]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / g. Contemplation

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Contemplation is final because it is an activity which is not a process [Korsgaard]

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For Aristotle, contemplation consists purely of understanding [Korsgaard]