13 ideas
8439 | Maybe each event has only one possible causal history [Bennett] |
8440 | Maybe an event's time of occurrence is essential to it [Bennett] |
22709 | We should first decide what are the great works of art, with aesthetic theory following from that [Murdoch] |
22715 | Great art proves the absurdity of art for art's sake [Murdoch] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
22712 | Art and morals are essentially the same, and are both identical with love [Murdoch] |
22714 | Because art is love, it improves us morally [Murdoch] |
22713 | Love is realising something other than oneself is real [Murdoch] |
8441 | Delaying a fire doesn't cause it, but hastening it might [Bennett] |
8436 | Either cause and effect are subsumed under a conditional because of properties, or it is counterfactual [Bennett] |
8435 | Causes are between events ('the explosion') or between facts/states of affairs ('a bomb dropped') [Bennett] |
8437 | The full counterfactual story asserts a series of events, because counterfactuals are not transitive [Bennett] |
8438 | A counterfactual about an event implies something about the event's essence [Bennett] |