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All the ideas for 'Capitalist Realism', 'works' and 'Does Ontology Rest on a Mistake?'

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12 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy

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Irony is consciousness of abundant chaos [Schlegel,F]

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

22069

Plato has no system. Philosophy is the progression of a mind and development of thoughts [Schlegel,F]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

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For me, fictions are internally true, without a significant internal or external truth-value [Yablo]

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Make-believe can help us to reason about facts and scientific procedures [Yablo]

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'The clouds are angry' can only mean '...if one were attributing emotions to clouds' [Yablo]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

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Poetry is transcendental when it connects the ideal to the real [Schlegel,F]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

22030

For poets free choice is supreme [Schlegel,F]

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

22071

True love is ironic, in the contrast between finite limitations and the infinity of love [Schlegel,F]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst

22029

Irony is the response to conflicts of involvement and attachment [Schlegel,F, by Pinkard]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 4. Changing the State / a. Centralisation

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Big central government only exists as a focus for anger - not to act [Fisher]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism

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It is hard to imagine the end of capitalism [Fisher]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / a. Aims of education

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Are students consumers or products of education? [Fisher]