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All the ideas for 'Lectures on Ethics', 'Protrepticus (frags)' and 'Tarski on Truth and Logical Consequence'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

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Inquiry is the cause of philosophy [Aristotle]

3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 1. Tarski's Truth / c. Meta-language for truth

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'Snow is white' depends on meaning; whether snow is white depends on snow [Etchemendy]

3. Truth / G. Axiomatic Truth / 1. Axiomatic Truth

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We can get a substantive account of Tarski's truth by adding primitive 'true' to the object language [Etchemendy]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide

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The maxim for suicide is committed to the value of life, and is thus contradictory [Kant]