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All the ideas for 'Issues of Pragmaticism', 'Two Chief World Systems' and 'How there could be a private language'

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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 4. Language of Thought
We must have expressive power BEFORE we learn language [Fodor]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce]
27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / b. Laws of motion
Galileo mathematised movement, and revealed its invariable component - acceleration [Galileo, by Meillassoux]