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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'On the Philosophy of Logic' and 'A Pragmatic Conception of the A Priori'

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18 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

8952	We reach 'reflective equilibrium' when intuitions and theory completely align [Fisher]

4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 3. Many-Valued Logic

8943	Three-valued logic says excluded middle and non-contradition are not tautologies [Fisher]

4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 4. Fuzzy Logic

8945	Fuzzy logic has many truth values, ranging in fractions from 0 to 1 [Fisher]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 1. Overview of Logic

9358	There are several logics, none of which will ever derive falsehoods from truth [Lewis,CI]

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

8951	Classical logic is: excluded middle, non-contradiction, contradictions imply all, disjunctive syllogism [Fisher]

5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 2. Platonism in Logic

8950	Logic formalizes how we should reason, but it shouldn't determine whether we are realists [Fisher]

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle

9357	Excluded middle is just our preference for a simplified dichotomy in experience [Lewis,CI]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names

9364	Names represent a uniformity in experience, or they name nothing [Lewis,CI]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / g. Degrees of vagueness

8946	We could make our intuitions about heaps precise with a million-valued logic [Fisher]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

8944	Vagueness can involve components (like baldness), or not (like boredom) [Fisher]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity

9362	Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

8941	We can't explain 'possibility' in terms of 'possible' worlds [Fisher]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals

8947	If all truths are implied by a falsehood, then not-p might imply both q and not-q [Fisher]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals

8949	In relevance logic, conditionals help information to flow from antecedent to consequent [Fisher]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 7. A Priori from Convention

9365	We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

9361	We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism

9363	Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI]