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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Explanations', 'No Moral Difference' and 'Representation in Music'

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs
3570 Maybe knowledge is belief which 'tracks' the truth [Nozick, by Williams,M]
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 4. Tracking the Facts
2748 A true belief isn't knowledge if it would be believed even if false. It should 'track the truth' [Nozick, by Dancy,J]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
12167 Reference without predication is the characteristic of expression [Scruton]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 5. Art as Language
12166 If music refers to love, it contains no predication, so it is expression, not language [Scruton]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / a. Music
12168 Music is not representational, since thoughts about a subject are never essential to it [Scruton]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 2. Euthanasia
4053 If it is desirable that a given patient die, then moral objections to killing them do not apply [Rachels]
4052 It has become normal to consider passive euthanasia while condemning active euthanasia [Rachels]