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All the ideas for 'works', 'The Dappled World' and 'Does Conceivability Entail Possibility?'

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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]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible

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Modal Rationalism: conceivability gives a priori access to modal truths [Chalmers, by Stalnaker]

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Evaluate primary possibility from some world, and secondary possibility from this world [Chalmers, by Vaidya]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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Theories can never represent accurately, because their components are abstract [Cartwright,N, by Portides]