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All the ideas for 'Paradoxes: Form and Predication', 'Lectures on Ethics' and 'Consistency and realism (with 1972 note)'

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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification

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Saying 'they can become a set' is a tautology, because reference to 'they' implies a collection [Cargile]

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

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We tolerate inconsistency in ethics but not in other beliefs (which reflect an independent order) [Williams,B, by Foot]

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]