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All the ideas for 'Phenomenalism', 'Substitutional Classes and Relations' and 'Autobiography'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 7. Contextual Definition

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Any linguistic expression may lack meaning when taken out of context [Russell]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / a. Category mistakes

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'The number one is bald' or 'the number one is fond of cream cheese' are meaningless [Russell]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / p. Axiom of Reducibility

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Axiom of Reducibility: there is always a function of the lowest possible order in a given level [Russell, by Bostock]

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations

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There is no complexity without relations, so no propositions, and no truth [Russell]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

2614	Modern phenomenalism holds that objects are logical constructions out of sense-data [Ayer]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory

2615	The concept of sense-data allows us to discuss appearances without worrying about reality [Ayer]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

7076	Mill wondered if he would be happy if all his aims were realised, and answered no [Mill, by Critchley]