Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Metaphysics: a very short introduction' and 'Personal Identity and Individuation'

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7 ideas

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

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

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

18617

Substances, unlike aggregates, can survive a change of parts [Mumford]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 3. Combinatorial possibility

18618

Maybe possibilities are recombinations of the existing elements of reality [Mumford]

18619

Combinatorial possibility has to allow all elements to be combinable, which seems unlikely [Mumford]

18620

Combinatorial possibility relies on what actually exists (even over time), but there could be more [Mumford]

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity

7946	The memory criterion has a problem when one thing branches into two things [Williams,B, by Macdonald,C]

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

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