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All the ideas for 'Katzav on limitations of dispositions', 'Women of Trachis' and 'Elements of Mathematical Logic'

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4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 3. Many-Valued Logic

8942	Lukasiewicz's L3 logic has three truth-values, T, F and I (for 'indeterminate') [Lukasiewicz, by Fisher]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / e. Honour

7811	Sophoclean heroes die terrible deaths when they oppose the new Athenian values [Sophocles, by Grayling]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 1. Natural Kinds

6613	The natural kinds are objects, processes and properties/relations [Ellis]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 2. Types of Laws

6616	Least action is not a causal law, but a 'global law', describing a global essence [Ellis]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism

6615	A species requires a genus, and its essence includes the essence of the genus [Ellis]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

6614	A hierarchy of natural kinds is elaborate ontology, but needed to explain natural laws [Ellis]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences

6612	Without general principles, we couldn't predict the behaviour of dispositional properties [Ellis]