Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Artworld' and 'The History of Animals'

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5 ideas

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention

1556	By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

15119

Aristotelian explanation by essence may need to draw on knowledge of other essences [Aristotle, by Koslicki]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 6. Art as Institution

20441

An ordinary object can be a work of art, but only if some theory of art supports it [Danto]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life

23302

Plants have far less life than animals, but more life than other corporeal entities [Aristotle]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

23301

There is a gradual proceeding from the inanimate to animals, with no clear borderlines [Aristotle]