Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'Goodness and Choice' and 'Recent Aesthetics in England and America'

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5 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 1. Aesthetics

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Aesthetics has risen and fallen with Romanticism [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Aesthetic Attitude

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Aesthetic experience informs the world with the values of the observer [Scruton]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / b. Successful function

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Being a good father seems to depend on intentions, rather than actual abilities [Foot]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 3. Natural Function

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Some words, such as 'knife', have a meaning which involves its function [Foot]