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All the ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'On Aristotle's 'Metaphysics'' and 'How to Define Theoretical Terms'

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9 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]
2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition
15527 Defining terms either enables elimination, or shows that they don't require elimination [Lewis]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism
16655 Different genera are delimited by modes of predication, which rest on modes of being [Aquinas]
10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation
15530 A logically determinate name names the same thing in every possible world [Lewis]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism
21958 Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 8. Ramsey Sentences
15526 There is a method for defining new scientific terms just using the terms we already understand [Lewis]
15528 A Ramsey sentence just asserts that a theory can be realised, without saying by what [Lewis]
15531 The Ramsey sentence of a theory says that it has at least one realisation [Lewis]
15529 It is better to have one realisation of a theory than many - but it may not always be possible [Lewis]