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All the ideas for 'The Nature of Thought', 'The Development of Logic' and 'The Trouble with Possible Worlds'

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9 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

2764	Full coherence might involve consistency and mutual entailment of all propositions [Blanshard, by Dancy,J]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

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Maybe Ockham's Razor is a purely aesthetic principle [Lycan]

15784

The Razor seems irrelevant for Meinongians, who allow absolutely everything to exist [Lycan]

3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 1. Coherence Truth

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Coherence tests for truth without implying correspondence, so truth is not correspondence [Blanshard, by Young,JO]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / f. Axiom of Infinity V

10051

The axiom of infinity is not a truth of logic, and its adoption is an abandonment of logicism [Kneale,W and M]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects

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Maybe non-existent objects are sets of properties [Lycan]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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Treating possible worlds as mental needs more actual mental events [Lycan]

15796

Possible worlds must be made of intensional objects like propositions or properties [Lycan]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / c. Worlds as propositions

15794

If 'worlds' are sentences, and possibility their consistency, consistency may rely on possibility [Lycan]