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All the ideas for 'Philosophy as a way of life', 'Naming and Necessity preface' and 'Persons, Character and Morality'

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14 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

9198	It is no longer possible to be a sage, but we can practice the exercise of wisdom [Hadot]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos

9197	The logos represents a demand for universal rationality [Hadot]

4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 1. Modal Logic

16985

Possible worlds allowed the application of set-theoretic models to modal logic [Kripke]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential

16982

A man has two names if the historical chains are different - even if they are the same! [Kripke]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity

16981

With the necessity of self-identity plus Leibniz's Law, identity has to be an 'internal' relation [Kripke]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 8. Leibniz's Law

4942	The indiscernibility of identicals is as self-evident as the law of contradiction [Kripke]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

16984

I don't think possible worlds reductively reveal the natures of modal operators etc. [Kripke]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 2. A Priori Contingent

9385	The very act of designating of an object with properties gives knowledge of a contingent truth [Kripke]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds

4943	Instead of talking about possible worlds, we can always say "It is possible that.." [Kripke]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

16983

Probability with dice uses possible worlds, abstractions which fictionally simplify things [Kripke]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / b. Types of pleasure

9196	The pleasure of existing is the only genuine pleasure [Hadot]

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

23279

It is important that a person can change their character, and not just be successive 'selves' [Williams,B]

23280

Kantians have an poor account of individuals, and insist on impartiality, because they ignore character [Williams,B]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

23278

For utilitarians states of affairs are what have value, not matter who produced them [Williams,B]