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All the ideas for 'Explaining the A Priori', 'Intuitionism' and 'Why there isn't a ready-made world'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
17644 Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
17648 It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
17643 Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / b. Nature of sense-data
17642 The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / a. Origin of concepts
17722 The concept 'red' is tied to what actually individuates red things [Peacocke]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
7260 If there are intuited moral facts, why should we care about them? [Dancy,J]
7261 Internalists say that moral intuitions are motivating; externalist say a desire is also needed [Dancy,J]
7262 Obviously judging an action as wrong gives us a reason not to do it [Dancy,J]
7265 Moral facts are not perceived facts, but perceived reasons for judgements [Dancy,J]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / d. Selecting the cause
17645 An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam]