Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Introduction to Philosophical Papers I' and 'The Ethical Criticism of Art'

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

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I tried to be unsystematic and piecemeal, but failed; my papers presuppose my other views [Lewis]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names

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Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Aesthetic Attitude

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Maybe literary assessment is evaluating the artist as a suitable friend [Gaut]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 2. Art as Form

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Formalists say aesthetics concerns types of beauty, or unity, complexity and intensity [Gaut]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

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Good ethics counts towards aesthetic merit, and bad ethics counts against it [Gaut]

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Good art does not necessarily improve people (any more than good advice does) [Gaut]

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If we don't respond ethically in the way a work prescribes, that is an aesthetic failure [Gaut]

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'Moralism' says all aesthetic merits are moral merits [Gaut]