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All the ideas for 'The Intrinsic Quality of Experience', 'Senses of Essence' and 'General Draft'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

22026

Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 6. Definition by Essence

11178

The essence or definition of an essence involves either a class of properties or a class of propositions [Fine,K]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives

11175

Logical concepts rest on certain inferences, not on facts about implications [Fine,K]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 3. Property (λ-) Abstraction

11176

The property of Property Abstraction says any suitable condition must imply a property [Fine,K]

5. Theory of Logic / I. Semantics of Logic / 3. Logical Truth

11174

A logical truth is true in virtue of the nature of the logical concepts [Fine,K]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

11177

Can the essence of an object circularly involve itself, or involve another object? [Fine,K]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

11173

Being a man is a consequence of his essence, not constitutive of it [Fine,K]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition

11179

If there are alternative definitions, then we have three possibilities for essence [Fine,K]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality

8130	Qualities of experience are just representational aspects of experience ('Representationalism') [Harman, by Burge]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation

19591

Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis]