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All the ideas for 'poems', 'Aristotle and Kant on the Source of Value' and 'Truth, Correspondence, Explanation and Knowledge'

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8 ideas

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 1. For Truthmakers

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We want to know what makes sentences true, rather than defining 'true' [McFetridge]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

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We normally explain natural events by citing further facts [McFetridge]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

6017	Nomos is king [Pindar]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

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If we can't reason about value, we can reason about the unconditional source of value [Korsgaard]

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An end can't be an ultimate value just because it is useless! [Korsgaard]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good

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Goodness is given either by a psychological state, or the attribution of a property [Korsgaard]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / g. Contemplation

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Contemplation is final because it is an activity which is not a process [Korsgaard]

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For Aristotle, contemplation consists purely of understanding [Korsgaard]