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All the ideas for 'Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong', 'talk' and 'works'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

6806	Do not multiply entities beyond necessity [William of Ockham]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 5. Universals as Concepts

22132

Species and genera are individual concepts which naturally signify many individuals [William of Ockham]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

18988

Behind the bare phenomenal facts there is nothing [Wright,Ch]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism

4761	The 'error theory' of morals says there is no moral knowledge, because there are no moral facts [Mackie, by Engel]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / i. Denying time

19381

The past has ceased to exist, and the future does not yet exist, so time does not exist [William of Ockham]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / d. God decrees morality

8010	William of Ockham is the main spokesman for God's commands being the source of morality [William of Ockham]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / c. Angels

16679

Even an angel must have some location [William of Ockham, by Pasnau]