Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'How free does the will need to be?' and 'Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times'

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6 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 1. Axiomatisation

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Axioms reveal the underlying assumptions, and reveal relationships between different areas [Kline]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

18933

Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

20168

Blame usually has no effect if the recipient thinks it unjustified [Williams,B]

20167

Blame partly rests on the fiction that blamed agents always know their obligations [Williams,B]