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All the ideas for '27: Book of Daniel', 'The Fragmentation of Reason' and 'Mr Strawson on Referring'

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Common speech is vague; its vocabulary and syntax must be modified, for precision [Russell]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 11. Ostensive Definition

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Empirical words need ostensive definition, which makes them egocentric [Russell]

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

6627	Radical pragmatists abandon the notion of truth [Stich, by Lowe]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality

4765	Stich accepts eliminativism (labelled 'pragmatism') about rationality and normativity [Stich, by Engel]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 9. Indexical Semantics

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Science reduces indexicals to a minimum, but they can never be eliminated from empirical matters [Russell]

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]