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All the ideas for 'Mind and Its Place in Nature', 'On the Source of Necessity' and 'A Priori Knowledge Revisited'

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8 ideas

4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 3. Modal Logic Systems / g. System S4

15102

S4 says there must be some necessary truths (the actual ones, of which there is at least one) [Cameron]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 6. Classical Logic

12430

Classical logic is our preconditions for assessing empirical evidence [Kitcher]

12431

I believe classical logic because I was taught it and use it, but it could be undermined [Kitcher]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

15103

Blackburn fails to show that the necessary cannot be grounded in the contingent [Cameron]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary

12428

Many necessities are inexpressible, and unknowable a priori [Kitcher]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 2. A Priori Contingent

12429

Knowing our own existence is a priori, but not necessary [Kitcher]

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

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

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / f. Eternalism

15104

The 'moving spotlight' theory makes one time privileged, while all times are on a par ontologically [Cameron]