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All the ideas for 'Moral Philosophy meets social psychology', 'What is Critique?' and 'Commentary on the Metaphysics'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

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The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

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The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

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An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio]

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]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 3. Government / a. Government

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The big question of the Renaissance was how to govern everything, from the state to children [Foucault]