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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Middle Works (15 vols, ed Boydston)' and 'Art and Its Objects'

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24 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 5. Class Nominalism
20339 Classes rarely share properties with their members - unlike universals and types [Wollheim]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 3. Value of Knowledge
22868 The value and truth of knowledge are measured by success in activity [Dewey]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 4. Objectification
20338 We often treat a type as if it were a sort of token [Wollheim]
16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 1. Self and Consciousness
22865 Habits constitute the self [Dewey]
21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Aesthetic Attitude
20342 Interpretation is performance for some arts, and critical for all arts [Wollheim]
20343 A love of nature must precede a love of art [Wollheim]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 1. Defining Art
20348 A criterion of identity for works of art would be easier than a definition [Wollheim]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 2. Art as Form
20347 If beauty needs organisation, then totally simple things can't be beautiful [Wollheim]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
20331 It is claimed that the expressive properties of artworks are non-physical [Wollheim]
20345 Some say art must have verbalisable expression, and others say the opposite! [Wollheim]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 6. Art as Institution
20336 Style can't be seen directly within a work, but appreciation needs a grasp of style [Wollheim]
20337 The traditional view is that knowledge of its genre to essential to appreciating literature [Wollheim]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 7. Ontology of Art
20333 If artworks are not physical objects, they are either ideal entities, or collections of phenomena [Wollheim]
20334 The ideal theory says art is an intuition, shaped by a particular process, and presented in public [Wollheim]
20335 The ideal theory of art neglects both the audience and the medium employed [Wollheim]
20340 A musical performance has virtually the same features as the piece of music [Wollheim]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / a. Music
20341 An interpretation adds further properties to the generic piece of music [Wollheim]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 3. Artistic Representation
20332 A drawing only represents Napoleon if the artist intended it to [Wollheim]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
22871 The good people are those who improve; the bad are those who deteriorate [Dewey]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / a. Nature of democracy
22876 Democracy is the development of human nature when it shares in the running of communal activities [Dewey]
22875 Democracy is not just a form of government; it is a mode of shared living [Dewey]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / b. Liberal individualism
22874 Individuality is only developed within groups [Dewey]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
1748 Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution
5989 Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]