Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'later work', 'The Ages of the World' and 'Empty Names'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 6. Deconstruction

6840	Derrida came to believe in the undeconstructability of justice, which cannot be relativised [Derrida, by Critchley]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names

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Semantic theory should specify when an act of naming is successful [Sawyer]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential

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Millians say a name just means its object [Sawyer]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names

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Sentences with empty names can be understood, be co-referential, and even be true [Sawyer]

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Frege's compositional account of truth-vaues makes 'Pegasus doesn't exist' neither true nor false [Sawyer]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

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Definites descriptions don't solve the empty names problem, because the properties may not exist [Sawyer]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

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We don't choose our characters, yet we still claim credit for the actions our characters perform [Schelling]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / c. A unified people

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A community must consist of singular persons, with nothing in common [Derrida, by Glendinning]

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Can there be democratic friendship without us all becoming identical? [Derrida, by Glendinning]