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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Semantics for Natural Languages' and 'Making Things Happen'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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An explanation is a causal graph [Woodward,J, by Strevens]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

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Davidson rejected ordinary meaning, and just used truth and reference instead [Davidson, by Soames]

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Davidson aimed to show that language is structured by first-order logic [Davidson, by Smart]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]