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All the ideas for 'Confessions of a Philosopher', 'Scattered Objects' and 'Truth-makers'

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3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 2. Truthmaker Relation

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Part-whole is the key relation among truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 5. What Makes Truths / a. What makes truths

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Truth-makers cannot be the designata of the sentences they make true [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

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Moments (objects which cannot exist alone) may serve as truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

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The truth-maker for a sentence may not be unique, or may be a combination, or several separate items [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

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Despite negative propositions, truthmakers are not logical complexes, but ordinary experiences [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique

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Correspondence has to invoke facts or states of affairs, just to serve as truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / a. Scattered objects

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Clearly a pipe can survive being taken apart [Cartwright,R]

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Bodies don't becomes scattered by losing small or minor parts [Cartwright,R]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection

3102	Why don't we experience or remember going to sleep at night? [Magee]