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All the ideas for 'Dissoi Logoi - on Double Arguments', 'Epistemology' and 'Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language'

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3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth

1564	True and false statements can use exactly the same words [Anon (Diss)]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

7301	The phenomenalist says that to be is to be perceivable [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

7302	Linguistic phenomenalism says we can eliminate talk of physical objects [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

7303	If we lack enough sense-data, are we to say that parts of reality are 'indeterminate'? [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / c. Primary qualities

7299	Primary qualities can be described mathematically, unlike secondary qualities [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

7300	An object cannot remain an object without its primary qualities [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique

7297	My justifications might be very coherent, but totally unconnected to the world [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism

1559	Thracians think tattooing adds to a girl's beauty, but elsewhere it is a punishment [Anon (Diss)]

1560	Lydians prostitute their daughters to raise a dowery, but no Greek would marry such a girl [Anon (Diss)]

1561	Anything can be acceptable in some circumstances and unacceptable in others [Anon (Diss)]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 10. Rule Following

19269

'Quus' means the same as 'plus' if the ingredients are less than 57; otherwise it just produces 5 [Kripke]

19271

No rule can be fully explained [Kripke]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings

7305	Kripke's Wittgenstein says meaning 'vanishes into thin air' [Kripke, by Miller,A]

19270

If you ask what is in your mind for following the addition rule, meaning just seems to vanish [Kripke]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics

11076

Community implies assertability-conditions rather than truth-conditions semantics [Kripke, by Hanna]

19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language

11075

The sceptical rule-following paradox is the basis of the private language argument [Kripke, by Hanna]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

1567	How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly? [Anon (Diss)]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

1563	Every apparent crime can be right in certain circumstances [Anon (Diss), by PG]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

1562	It is right to lie to someone, to get them to take medicine they are reluctant to take [Anon (Diss)]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / b. Consultation

1566	The first priority in elections is to vote for people who support democracy [Anon (Diss)]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / c. Teaching

1565	We learn language, and we don't know who teaches us it [Anon (Diss)]