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All the ideas for 'A Puzzle Concerning Matter and Form', 'Introduction to 'Absolute Generality'' and 'Maxims'

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15 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People

7914	To try to be wise all on one's own is folly [Rochefoucauld]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory

13451

The two best understood conceptions of set are the Iterative and the Limitation of Size [Rayo/Uzquiano]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / m. Axiom of Separation

13452

Some set theories give up Separation in exchange for a universal set [Rayo/Uzquiano]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification

13449

We could have unrestricted quantification without having an all-inclusive domain [Rayo/Uzquiano]

13450

Absolute generality is impossible, if there are indefinitely extensible concepts like sets and ordinals [Rayo/Uzquiano]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 5. Second-Order Quantification

13453

Perhaps second-order quantifications cover concepts of objects, rather than plain objects [Rayo/Uzquiano]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

16755

The possible Aristotelian view that forms are real and active principles is clearly wrong [Fine,K, by Pasnau]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind

7118	La Rochefoucauld's idea of disguised self-love implies an unconscious mind [Rochefoucauld, by Sartre]

19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / a. Contextual meaning

13448

The domain of an assertion is restricted by context, either semantically or pragmatically [Rayo/Uzquiano]

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

7912	Judging by effects, love looks more like hatred than friendship [Rochefoucauld]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / e. Good as knowledge

7915	Supreme cleverness is knowledge of the real value of things [Rochefoucauld]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

7917	Realising our future misery is a kind of happiness [Rochefoucauld]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue

7913	Virtue doesn't go far without the support of vanity [Rochefoucauld]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship

7916	True friendship is even rarer than true love [Rochefoucauld]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom

9299	We are bored by people to whom we ourselves are boring [Rochefoucauld]