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All the ideas for 'Semantics, Conceptual Role', 'Moral Philosophy meets social psychology' and 'Truth and Method'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

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Only language is understandable Being [Gadamer]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / c. Meaning by Role

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The meaning of a representation is its role in thought, perception or decisions [Block]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

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Facts don't oppose values; they are integrated into each person's aspirations [Gadamer, by Zimmermann,J]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

5122	Maybe consequentialism is a critique of ordinary morality, rather than describing it [Harman]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

5123	Maybe there is no such thing as character, and the virtues and vices said to accompany it [Harman]

5124	If a person's two acts of timidity have different explanations, they are not one character trait [Harman]

5125	Virtue ethics might involve judgements about the virtues of actions, rather than character [Harman]