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All the ideas for 'The Sign of Four', 'The Poetics' and 'Wang's Paradox'

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4 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality
To say reality itself is vague is not properly intelligible [Dummett]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle]
14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction
If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird [Conan Doyle]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature
Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle]