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All the ideas for 'Morality and Art', 'Dthat' and 'An American Indian model of the Universe'

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9 ideas

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 5. Language Relativism

3916	Hopi consistently prefers verbs and events to nouns and things [Whorf]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 4. Paradigm

3917	Scientific thought is essentially a specialised part of Indo-European languages [Whorf]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

14080

Are causal descriptions part of the causal theory of reference, or are they just metasemantic? [Kaplan, by Schaffer,J]

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

22445

Morality shows murder is wrong, but not what counts as a murder [Foot]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / c. Purpose of ethics

22444

A moral system must deal with the dangers and benefits of life [Foot]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / c. Objective value

22447

Saying something 'just is' right or wrong creates an illusion of fact and objectivity [Foot]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 6. Motivation for Duty

22448

We sometimes just use the word 'should' to impose a rule of conduct on someone [Foot]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion

22446

In the case of something lacking independence, calling it a human being is a matter of choice [Foot]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series

3915	The Hopi have no concept of time as something flowing from past to future [Whorf]