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All the ideas for 'reports', 'Nietzsche's Immoralism' and 'Ambitious, yet modest, Metaphysics'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science

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Esoteric metaphysics aims to be top science, investigating ultimate reality [Hofweber]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics

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Science has discovered properties of things, so there are properties - so who needs metaphysics? [Hofweber]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification

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The quantifier in logic is not like the ordinary English one (which has empty names, non-denoting terms etc) [Hofweber]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

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

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Unlike aesthetic evaluation, moral evaluation needs a concept of responsibility [Foot]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice

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The practice of justice may well need a recognition of human equality [Foot]