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All the ideas for 'The Sign of Four', 'Wittgenstein's 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus'' and 'Grounding, Transitivity and Contrastivity'

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7 ideas

4. Formal Logic / A. Syllogistic Logic / 1. Aristotelian Logic

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Aristotelian logic cannot express 'Everyone loves someone' [White,RM]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding

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As causation links across time, grounding links the world across levels [Schaffer,J]

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If ground is transitive and irreflexive, it has a strict partial ordering, giving structure [Schaffer,J]

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]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / b. Contrastive explanations

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Explaining 'Adam ate the apple' depends on emphasis, and thus implies a contrast [Schaffer,J]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

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I take what is fundamental to be the whole spatiotemporal manifold and its fields [Schaffer,J]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

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Nowadays causation is usually understood in terms of equations and variable ranges [Schaffer,J]