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All the ideas for 'Sententia on 'De Caelo'', 'Three theses about dispositions' and 'Public Text and Common Reader'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

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Philosophy aims to know the truth about the way things are [Aquinas]

17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 2. Potential Behaviour

7435	Dispositions are second-order properties, the property of having some property [Jackson/Pargetter/Prior, by Armstrong]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 3. Taste

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Literary meaning emerges in comparisons, and tradition shows which comparisons are relevant [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 5. Art as Language

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In literature, word replacement changes literary meaning [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 1. Artistic Intentions

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Without intentions we can't perceive sculpture, but that is not the whole story [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 3. Artistic Representation

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In aesthetic interest, even what is true is treated as though it were not [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 5. Objectivism in Art

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We can be objective about conventions, but love of art is needed to understand its traditions [Scruton]