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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Interview with Baggini and Stangroom' and 'Letters to Jacques Lenfant'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
The most primitive thing in substances is force, which leads to their actions and dispositions [Leibniz]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / c. Purpose of ethics
Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights
Animals are dangerous and nourishing, and can't form contracts of justice [Hermarchus, by Sedley]