Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Brandom on Social Practices and Representations', 'Truth-maker Realism: response to Gregory' and '64: Gryllus - on Rationality in Animals'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

19090

If we can't check our language against experience, philosophy is just comparing beliefs and words [Rorty]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 2. Truthmaker Relation

18470

Maybe truth-making is an unanalysable primitive, but we can specify principles for it [Smith,B]

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

1477	Being manly and brave is the result of convention, not of human nature [Plutarch]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure

1478	Animals don't value pleasure, as they cease sexual intercourse after impregnation [Plutarch]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality

1479	Animals have not been led into homosexuality, because they value pleasure very little [Plutarch]