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All the ideas for 'Grounding, Transitivity and Contrastivity', 'The Philosophy of History' and 'The Sovereignty of Good'

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23 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy
22338 An unexamined life can be virtuous [Murdoch]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles
22337 Philosophy must keep returning to the beginning [Murdoch]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
23563 Philosophy moves continually between elaborate theories and the obvious facts [Murdoch]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding
17306 If ground is transitive and irreflexive, it has a strict partial ordering, giving structure [Schaffer,J]
17304 As causation links across time, grounding links the world across levels [Schaffer,J]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / b. Contrastive explanations
17308 Explaining 'Adam ate the apple' depends on emphasis, and thus implies a contrast [Schaffer,J]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature
22341 Literature is the most important aspect of culture, because it teaches understanding of living [Murdoch]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
22347 Appreciating beauty in art or nature opens up the good life, by restricting selfishness [Murdoch]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
21796 Man is God if he raises himself, by denying his nature and finitude [Hegel]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
22339 Love is a central concept in morals [Murdoch]
22348 Ordinary human love is good evidence of transcendent goodness [Murdoch]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism
22343 If I attend properly I will have no choices [Murdoch]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue
22349 Art trains us in the love of virtue [Murdoch]
22340 It is hard to learn goodness from others, because their virtues are part of their personal history [Murdoch]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / j. Unity of virtue
22346 Moral reflection and experience gradually reveals unity in the moral world [Murdoch]
22350 Only trivial virtues can be possessed on their own [Murdoch]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 7. Existential Action
22351 Only a philosopher might think choices create values [Murdoch]
22342 Kantian existentialists care greatly for reasons for action, whereas Surrealists care nothing [Murdoch]
25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 1. Slavery
21783 State slavery is a phase of education, moving towards a full culture [Hegel]
21784 Slavery is unjust, because humanity is essentially free [Hegel]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
17305 I take what is fundamental to be the whole spatiotemporal manifold and its fields [Schaffer,J]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
17307 Nowadays causation is usually understood in terms of equations and variable ranges [Schaffer,J]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / c. God is the good
22345 Moral philosophy needs a central concept with all the traditional attributes of God [Murdoch]