PHIL 102 Lecture Notes - J. David Velleman, Fungibility, If And Only If
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What is an argument: p and q and r, etc, are facts, the best explanations of p, q, r, etc, is t (theory, so t is true. Nozick"s essay doesn"t quite follow this speci c outline two main questions: What facts does he think his theory is trying to explain: strategy. Use other theories as contrast: feeling and valuing other theory of love: A romantically loves b iff a feels an attraction to b. This expresses that love is a passionate feeling. However, feelings are fragile and unstable, whereas love is somewhat stable feelings are responsive to the world as situations in the world change, so do feelings. Trading up" a better theory should explain the relative stability of love in relation to feelings another theory, david velleman: A loves b iff a values b for their intrinsic humanity. However, where is the selectivity? love is a special kind of value two types of value:
