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All the ideas for 'Some Puzzles of Ground', 'Philippa Foot's Moral Thought' and 'Upon Nothing: Swansea lecture'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

8988	Two marxist ideas have dominated in France: base and superstructure, and ideology [Scruton]

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

8987	On the surface of deconstructive writing, technicalities float and then drift away [Scruton]

8992	Deconstruction is the last spasm of romanticism, now become hopeless and destructive [Scruton]

4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 3. Many-Valued Logic

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Strong Kleene disjunction just needs one true disjunct; Weak needs the other to have some value [Fine,K]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding

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Formal grounding needs transitivity of grounding, no self-grounding, and the existence of both parties [Fine,K]

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

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Noncognitivism tries to avoid both naturalism and mysterious morality [Hacker-Wright]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / c. Social contract

8989	The benefits of social freedom outweigh the loneliness, doubt and alienation it brings [Scruton]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 3. Conservatism

8990	So-called 'liberation' is the enemy of freedom, destroying the very structures that are needed [Scruton]