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All the ideas for 'Necessary Existents', 'Freedom and Reason' and 'Philosophy of Natural Science'

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5 ideas

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

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Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

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Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism

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Moral statements are imperatives rather than the avowals of emotion - but universalisable [Hare, by Glock]

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Universalised prescriptivism could be seen as implying utilitarianism [Hare, by Foot]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative

6449	The categorical imperative leads to utilitarianism [Hare, by Nagel]