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All the ideas for 'Of Liberty and Necessity', 'Does Moral Subjectivism Rest on a Mistake?' and '26: Oracles in Decline'

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency
6215 'Contingent' means that the cause is unperceived, not that there is no cause [Hobbes]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism
5958 The sun is always bright; it doesn't become bright when it emerges [Plutarch]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism
22485 Non-cognitivists give the conditions of use of moral sentences as facts about the speaker [Foot]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism
22486 The mistake is to think good grounds aren't enough for moral judgement, which also needs feelings [Foot]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value
22487 Moral arguments are grounded in human facts [Foot]