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All the ideas for 'The Sign of Four', 'The Guide of the Perplexed' and 'Syntactic Structure'

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5 ideas

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / c. Category mistake as semantic

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Chomsky established the view that category mistakes are well-formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction

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If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird [Conan Doyle]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax

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Syntax is independent of semantics; sentences can be well formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature

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We can approach knowledge of God by negative attributes [Maimonides]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity

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Thinking of God as resembling humans results from a bad translation of Genesis 1:26 [Maimonides]