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All the ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Truth, Correspondence, Explanation and Knowledge' and 'The Emperor's New 'Knows''

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics
21959 Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW]
3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 1. For Truthmakers
18487 We want to know what makes sentences true, rather than defining 'true' [McFetridge]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts
18488 We normally explain natural events by citing further facts [McFetridge]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism
21958 Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW]
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / b. Invariantism
12900 How could 'S knows he has hands' not have a fixed content? [Bach]
12901 If contextualism is right, knowledge sentences are baffling out of their context [Bach]
12902 Sceptics aren't changing the meaning of 'know', but claiming knowing is tougher than we think [Bach]