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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Resemblance Nominalism: a solution to universals' and 'Morality and Art'

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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism

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Entities are truthmakers for their resemblances, so no extra entities or 'resemblances' are needed [Rodriquez-Pereyra]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

3061	Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius]

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

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Morality shows murder is wrong, but not what counts as a murder [Foot]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / c. Purpose of ethics

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A moral system must deal with the dangers and benefits of life [Foot]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / c. Objective value

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Saying something 'just is' right or wrong creates an illusion of fact and objectivity [Foot]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 6. Motivation for Duty

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We sometimes just use the word 'should' to impose a rule of conduct on someone [Foot]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion

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In the case of something lacking independence, calling it a human being is a matter of choice [Foot]