Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Properties'', 'Boole calculus and the Concept script' and 'Modal and Anti-Luck Epistemology'

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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

4037	Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / a. Justification issues

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'Modal epistemology' demands a connection between the belief and facts in possible worlds [Black,T]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / b. Gettier problem

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Gettier and lottery cases seem to involve luck, meaning bad connection of beliefs to facts [Black,T]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 6. Judgement / a. Nature of Judgement

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We don't judge by combining subject and concept; we get a concept by splitting up a judgement [Frege]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

4039	Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver]