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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'A Dictionary of Philosophy' and 'The Ethical Criticism of Art'

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory

6456	Sense-data are neutral uninterpreted experiences, separated from objects and judgements [Angeles]

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

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Maybe literary assessment is evaluating the artist as a suitable friend [Gaut]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 2. Art as Form

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Formalists say aesthetics concerns types of beauty, or unity, complexity and intensity [Gaut]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

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'Moralism' says all aesthetic merits are moral merits [Gaut]

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Good ethics counts towards aesthetic merit, and bad ethics counts against it [Gaut]

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If we don't respond ethically in the way a work prescribes, that is an aesthetic failure [Gaut]

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Good art does not necessarily improve people (any more than good advice does) [Gaut]