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All the ideas for 'The Correspondence Theory of Truth', 'Assertion' and 'The Reality of Numbers'

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11 ideas

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

3745	Must sentences make statements to qualify for truth? [O'Connor]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 1. For Truthmakers

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Truth and falsehood must track what does or doesn't exist [Bigelow]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

3742	Beliefs must match facts, but also words must match beliefs [O'Connor]

3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth

3744	The semantic theory requires sentences as truth-bearers, not propositions [O'Connor]

3749	What does 'true in English' mean? [O'Connor]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic

3746	Logic seems to work for unasserted sentences [O'Connor]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

3747	Events are fast changes which are of interest to us [O'Connor]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

3743	We can't contemplate our beliefs until we have expressed them [O'Connor]

3748	Without language our beliefs are particular and present [O'Connor]

19. Language / F. Communication / 2. Assertion

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An assertion aims to add to the content of a context [Stalnaker, by Magidor]

19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / b. Implicature

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An assertion is an attempt to rule out certain possibilities, narrowing things down for good planning [Stalnaker, by Schroeter]