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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Reference and Essence (1st edn)' and 'The Conquest of Happiness'

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12 ideas

2. Reason / D. Definition / 11. Ostensive Definition
18889 Ostensive definitions needn't involve pointing, but must refer to something specific [Salmon,N]
4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 3. Modal Logic Systems / h. System S5
14627 S4, and therefore S5, are invalid for metaphysical modality [Salmon,N, by Williamson]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties
18888 Essentialism says some properties must be possessed, if a thing is to exist [Salmon,N]
19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
18886 Frege's 'sense' solves four tricky puzzles [Salmon,N]
19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / a. Direct reference
18887 The perfect case of direct reference is a variable which has been assigned a value [Salmon,N]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
20180 A happy and joyous life must largely be a quiet life [Russell]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
7903 The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom
20179 Happiness involves enduring boredom, and the young should be taught this [Russell]
20176 Boredom is an increasingly strong motivating power [Russell]
20177 Boredom always involves not being fully occupied [Russell]
20178 Life is now more interesting, but boredom is more frightening [Russell]
26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 5. Reference to Natural Kinds
18891 Nothing in the direct theory of reference blocks anti-essentialism; water structure might have been different [Salmon,N]