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All the ideas for 'Euthyphro', 'Introduction to 'Evidentialism'' and 'Substance and Essence in Aristotle'

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11 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

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Aristotelian and Kripkean essentialism are very different theories [Witt]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition

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An Aristotelian essence is a nonlinguistic correlate of the definition [Witt]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier

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If unity is a matter of degree, then essence may also be a matter of degree [Witt]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

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Essences mainly explain the existence of unified substance [Witt]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential

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Essential properties of origin are too radically individual for an Aristotelian essence [Witt]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 3. Evidentialism / b. Evidentialism

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Evidentialism says justifications supervene on the available evidence [Conee/Feldman]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 6. Relativism Critique

335	Do the gods also hold different opinions about what is right and honourable? [Plato]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / c. Reasons as causes

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Rational decisions are either taken to be based on evidence, or to be explained causally [Conee/Feldman]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism

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Reality is directional [Witt]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question

337	It seems that the gods love things because they are pious, rather than making them pious by loving them [Plato]

336	Is what is pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because they love it? (the 'Euthyphro Question') [Plato]