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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Presidential Address of Am. Math. Soc' and 'The Language of Morals'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

291	Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 2. History of Logic

10247

We have no adequate logic at the moment, so mathematicians must create one [Veblen]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

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The goodness of a picture supervenes on the picture; duplicates must be equally good [Hare]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism

2855	In primary evaluative words like 'ought' prescription is constant but description can vary [Hare, by Hooker,B]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage

293	Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato]