Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'Lewis's Programme' and 'Goodness and Choice'

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5 ideas

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

8431	Problems with Goodman's view of counterfactuals led to a radical approach from Stalnaker and Lewis [Horwich]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics

5319	Avoid punishment, then get rewards, avoid rejection, avoid guilt, accept contracts, follow conscience [Kohlberg, by Wilson,EO]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / b. Successful function

22381

Being a good father seems to depend on intentions, rather than actual abilities [Foot]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 3. Natural Function

22380

Some words, such as 'knife', have a meaning which involves its function [Foot]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation

8432	Analyse counterfactuals using causation, not the other way around [Horwich]