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All the ideas for 'The Epistemology of Modality', 'Truth' and 'The Character of Physical Law'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
15970 People generalise because it is easier to understand, and that is mistaken for deep philosophy [Feynman]
3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 1. Tarski's Truth / a. Tarski's truth definition
14965 Truth rests on Elimination ('A' is true → A) and Introduction (A → 'A' is true) [Gupta]
3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth
14968 A weakened classical language can contain its own truth predicate [Gupta]
5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / a. The Liar paradox
14964 The Liar reappears, even if one insists on propositions instead of sentences [Gupta]
14969 Strengthened Liar: either this sentence is neither-true-nor-false, or it is not true [Gupta]
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
19440 How do you know you have conceived a thing deeply enough to assess its possibility? [Vaidya]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory
9410 Physical Laws are rhythms and patterns in nature, revealed by analysis [Feynman]
27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics
18530 Nobody understands quantum mechanics [Feynman]
27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space
17707 We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares]