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All the ideas for 'works', 'The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge' and 'Expositio super viii libros'

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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 3. Contradiction

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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor lack of contradiction a sign of truth [Pascal]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

9089	Knowledge is a quality existing subjectively in the soul [William of Ockham]

9091	Sometimes 'knowledge' just concerns the conclusion, sometimes the whole demonstration [William of Ockham]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

9090	Knowledge is certain cognition of something that is true [William of Ockham]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

8824	No one has defended translational phenomenalism since Ayer in 1940 [Ayer, by Kim]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

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The attribution of necessity to causation is either primitive animism, or confusion with logical necessity [Ayer]