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All the ideas for 'works', 'Go Figure: a Path through Fictionalism' and 'Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian themes'

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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification
De Morgan introduced a 'universe of discourse', to replace Boole's universe of 'all things' [De Morgan, by Walicki]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism
Fictionalism allows that simulated beliefs may be tracking real facts [Yablo]
10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions
Governing possible worlds theory is the fiction that if something is possible, it happens in a world [Yablo]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
Causation interests us because we want to explain change [Mumford]