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All the ideas for 'Exigency to Exist in Essences', 'Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher' and 'Virtue Epistemology'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

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Possibles demand existence, so as many of them as possible must actually exist [Leibniz]

19401

God's sufficient reason for choosing reality is in the fitness or perfection of possibilities [Leibniz]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds

19402

The actual universe is the richest composite of what is possible [Leibniz]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 1. Epistemic virtues

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Epistemic virtues: love of knowledge, courage, caution, autonomy, practical wisdom... [Kvanvig]

19731

If epistemic virtues are faculties or powers, that doesn't explain propositional knowledge [Kvanvig]

19732

The value of good means of attaining truth are swamped by the value of the truth itself [Kvanvig]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / b. Retribution for crime

1658	In early Greece the word for punishment was also the word for vengeance [Vlastos]