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Ideas for 'Dissoi Logoi - on Double Arguments', 'Armstrong on combinatorial possibility' and 'Intro to Contemporary Epistemology'

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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
2797 As coherence expands its interrelations become steadily tighter, culminating only in necessary truth [Dancy,J]
     Full Idea: As our system grows in coherence, the interrelations between its parts becomes tighter and tighter;… at the limit contingent truth vanishes, leaving only necessary truth.
     From: Jonathan Dancy (Intro to Contemporary Epistemology [1985], 14.7)
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis
15545 Armstrong's analysis seeks truthmakers rather than definitions [Lewis]
     Full Idea: I suggest that Armstrong has an unfamiliar notion of analysis, as not primarily a quest for definitions, but as a quest for truth-makers.
     From: David Lewis (Armstrong on combinatorial possibility [1992], 'The demand')
     A reaction: This is not a dichotomy, I think, but a shift of emphasis. A definition will probably refer to truthmakers; a decent account of truthmakers would approximate a definition.