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All the ideas for 'Phenomenalism', 'Reply to Professor Marcus' and 'Theology and Verification'

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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification
Either reference really matters, or we don't need to replace it with substitutions [Quine]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism
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
The concept of sense-data allows us to discuss appearances without worrying about reality [Ayer]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / c. Religious Verification
It may be hard to verify that we have become immortal, but we could still then verify religious claims [Hick, by PG]
Belief in an afterlife may be unverifiable in this life, but it will be verifiable after death [Hick, by PG]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / d. Religious Falsification
Some things (e.g. a section of the expansion of PI) can be verified but not falsified [Hick, by PG]