Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Mind and Its Place in Nature', 'The Barcan Formula and Metaphysics' and 'On Probability and Induction'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

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Contextual values are acceptable in research, but not in its final evaluation [Reichenbach, by Reiss/Sprenger]

4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 7. Barcan Formula

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The Barcan Formulas express how to combine modal operators with classical quantifiers [Simchen]

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The Barcan Formulas are orthodox, but clash with the attractive Actualist view [Simchen]

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BF implies that if W possibly had a child, then something is possibly W's child [Simchen]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

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Serious Actualism says there are no facts at all about something which doesn't exist [Simchen]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception

7628	Broad rejects the inferential component of the representative theory [Broad, by Maund]