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All the ideas for 'General Draft', 'The Bacchae' and 'Grounding, Transitivity and Contrastivity'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

22026

Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

9283	Our ancient beliefs can never be overthrown by subtle arguments [Euripides]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding

17304

As causation links across time, grounding links the world across levels [Schaffer,J]

17306

If ground is transitive and irreflexive, it has a strict partial ordering, giving structure [Schaffer,J]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / b. Contrastive explanations

17308

Explaining 'Adam ate the apple' depends on emphasis, and thus implies a contrast [Schaffer,J]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation

19591

Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

17305

I take what is fundamental to be the whole spatiotemporal manifold and its fields [Schaffer,J]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

17307

Nowadays causation is usually understood in terms of equations and variable ranges [Schaffer,J]