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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Common-Sense View of Reality' and '23: First Epistle of John'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics
20728 Metaphysics is hopeless with its present epistemology; common-sense realism is needed [Colvin]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
20726 We can only distinguish self from non-self if there is an inflexible external reality [Colvin]
20727 Common-sense realism rests on our interests and practical life [Colvin]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
20730 If objects are doubted because their appearances change, that presupposes one object [Colvin]
20729 Arguments that objects are unknowable or non-existent assume the knower's existence [Colvin]
20731 The idea that everything is relations is contradictory; relations are part of the concept of things [Colvin]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
5996 Critolaus redefined Aristotle's moral aim as fulfilment instead of happiness [Critolaus, by White,SA]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / c. God is the good
8140 God is love [John]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief
8139 If you love the world, then you do not love the Father [John]