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All the ideas for 'Events and Their Names', 'works' and 'Entity and Identity'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy

22070

Irony is consciousness of abundant chaos [Schlegel,F]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

22069

Plato has no system. Philosophy is the progression of a mind and development of thoughts [Schlegel,F]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

8978	Events are made of other things, and are not fundamental to ontology [Bennett]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / b. Need for abstracta

16980

We need a logical use of 'object' as predicate-worthy, and an 'ontological' use [Strawson,P]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

16979

It makes no sense to ask of some individual thing what it is that makes it that individual [Strawson,P]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

22068

Poetry is transcendental when it connects the ideal to the real [Schlegel,F]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

22030

For poets free choice is supreme [Schlegel,F]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

22071

True love is ironic, in the contrast between finite limitations and the infinity of love [Schlegel,F]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst

22029

Irony is the response to conflicts of involvement and attachment [Schlegel,F, by Pinkard]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata

10364

Facts are about the world, not in it, so they can't cause anything [Bennett]