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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated
7490 Because of Darwin, wisdom as a definite attainable state has faded [Watson]
1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 1. History of Ideas
7461 The three key ideas are the soul, Europe, and the experiment [Watson]
7464 The big idea: imitation, the soul, experiments, God, heliocentric universe, evolution? [Watson]
2. Reason / E. Argument / 3. Analogy
7465 Babylonian thinking used analogy, rather than deduction or induction [Watson]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure
7466 Mesopotamian numbers applied to specific things, and then became abstract [Watson]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity
14508 A 'thisness' is a thing's property of being identical with itself (not the possession of self-identity) [Adams,RM]
14511 There are cases where mere qualities would not ensure an intrinsic identity [Adams,RM]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
12031 Essences are taken to be qualitative properties [Adams,RM]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
12034 If the universe was cyclical, totally indiscernible events might occur from time to time [Adams,RM]
14510 Two events might be indiscernible yet distinct, if there was a universe cyclical in time [Adams,RM]
16455 Black's two globes might be one globe in highly curved space [Adams,RM]
10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds
14507 Are possible worlds just qualities, or do they include primitive identities as well? [Adams,RM]
10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions
11964 Possible worlds are world-stories, maximal descriptions of whole non-existent worlds [Adams,RM, by Molnar]
10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / d. Haecceitism
16451 Adams says anti-haecceitism reduces all thisness to suchness [Adams,RM, by Stalnaker]
11901 Haecceitism may or may not involve some logical connection to essence [Adams,RM, by Mackie,P]
14512 Moderate Haecceitism says transworld identities are primitive, but connected to qualities [Adams,RM]
19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / a. Direct reference
12032 Direct reference is by proper names, or indexicals, or referential uses of descriptions [Adams,RM]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / d. Representative democracy
7477 Modern democracy is actually elective oligarchy [Watson]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 8. Socialism
23053 The great interest of the human race is cordial unity and unlimited mutual aid [Owen]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
7478 Greek philosophers invented the concept of 'nature' as their special subject [Watson]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution
7462 DNA mutation suggests humans and chimpanzees diverged 6.6 million years ago [Watson]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity
7470 During the rise of civilizations, the main gods changed from female to male [Watson]
29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 3. Hinduism
7474 Hinduism has no founder, or prophet, or creed, or ecclesiastical structure [Watson]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 2. Judaism
7479 Modern Judaism became stabilised in 200 CE [Watson]
7481 The Israelites may have asserted the uniqueness of Yahweh to justify land claims [Watson]
7480 Monotheism was a uniquely Israelite creation within the Middle East [Watson]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 3. Zoroastrianism
7471 The Gathas (hymns) of Zoroastrianism date from about 1000 BCE [Watson]
7473 Zoroaster conceived the afterlife, judgement, heaven and hell, and the devil [Watson]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity
7484 Jesus never intended to start a new religion [Watson]
7483 Paul's early writings mention few striking episodes from Jesus' life [Watson]
29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 1. Confucianism
7475 Confucius revered the spiritual world, but not the supernatural, or a personal god, or the afterlife [Watson]
29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 2. Taoism
7476 Taoism aims at freedom from the world, the body, the mind, and nature [Watson]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief
7463 The three basic ingredients of religion are: the soul, seers or priests, and ritual [Watson]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
7468 In ancient Athens the souls of the dead are received by the 'upper air' [Watson]