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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'What Metaphors Mean' and 'Moral Thinking: Its Levels,Method and Point'

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19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / d. Metaphor
7775 Understanding a metaphor is a creative act, with no rules [Davidson]
7777 We accept a metaphor when we see the sentence is false [Davidson]
7776 Metaphors just mean what their words literally mean [Davidson]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism
4125 Hare says I acquire an agglomeration of preferences by role-reversal, leading to utilitarianism [Hare, by Williams,B]
4126 If we have to want the preferences of the many, we have to abandon our own deeply-held views [Williams,B on Hare]
4127 If morality is to be built on identification with the preferences of others, I must agree with their errors [Williams,B on Hare]
22483 A judgement is presciptive if we expect it to be acted on [Hare]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 8. Contract Strategies
4360 By far the easiest way of seeming upright is to be upright [Hare]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
7903 The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna]