Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'What Price Bivalence?', 'How free does the will need to be?' and 'Consistency and realism (with 1972 note)'

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5 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 1. Bivalence

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Bivalence applies not just to sentences, but that general terms are true or false of each object [Quine]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

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Terms learned by ostension tend to be vague, because that must be quick and unrefined [Quine]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism

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We tolerate inconsistency in ethics but not in other beliefs (which reflect an independent order) [Williams,B, by Foot]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

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Blame usually has no effect if the recipient thinks it unjustified [Williams,B]

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Blame partly rests on the fiction that blamed agents always know their obligations [Williams,B]