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All the ideas for 'Gilles Deleuze', 'On the analysis of moral judgements' and 'Mathematical Logic (revised)'

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12 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

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Deleuze relies on Spinoza (immanence), Bergson (duration), and difference (Nietzsche) [May]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 4. Variables in Logic

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'Corner quotes' (quasi-quotation) designate 'whatever these terms designate' [Quine]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / f. Names eliminated

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We might do without names, by converting them into predicates [Quine, by Kirkham]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics

6968	Some people think there are ethical facts, but of a 'queer' sort [Ayer]

6972	A right attitude is just an attitude one is prepared to stand by [Ayer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory

6973	Moral theories are all meta-ethical, and are neutral as regards actual conduct [Ayer]

6974	Moral judgements cannot be the logical consequence of a moral philosophy [Ayer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism

6971	I would describe intuitions of good as feelings of approval [Ayer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism

6969	Approval of historical or fictional murders gives us leave to imitate them [Ayer]

6970	Moral judgements are not expressions, but are elements in a behaviour pattern [Ayer]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism

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For existentialists the present is empty without the pull of the future and weight of the past [May]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / a. Liberalism basics

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Liberal theory starts from the governed, not from the governor [May]