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All the ideas for '27: Book of Daniel', 'Why there isn't a ready-made world' and 'Life of Pythagoras'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

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It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay

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Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / b. Nature of sense-data

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The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / d. Selecting the cause

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An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question

1515	Pythagoreans believe it is absurd to seek for goodness anywhere except with the gods [Iamblichus]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

7482	Resurrection developed in Judaism as a response to martyrdoms, in about 160 BCE [Anon (Dan), by Watson]