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All the ideas for '67: Platonic Questions', 'Positivism and Realism' and 'Aristotle and Kant on the Source of Value'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics

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The empiricist says that metaphysics is meaningless, rather than false [Schlick]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche

5960	When the soul is intelligent and harmonious, it is part of god and derives from god [Plutarch]

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]