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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Identity of Indiscernibles' and 'The Problem of Knowledge'

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11 ideas

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 1. Fallacy

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Induction assumes some uniformity in nature, or that in some respects the future is like the past [Ayer]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / j. Axiom of Choice IX

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The Axiom of Choice needs a criterion of choice [Black]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties

10194

Two things can only be distinguished by a distinct property or a distinct relation [Black]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity

10193

The 'property' of self-identity is uselessly tautological [Black]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects

10195

If the universe just held two indiscernibles spheres, that refutes the Identity of Indiscernibles [Black]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 5. Cogito Critique

19461

Knowing I exist reveals nothing at all about my nature [Ayer]

19459

To say 'I am not thinking' must be false, but it might have been true, so it isn't self-contradictory [Ayer]

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'I know I exist' has no counterevidence, so it may be meaningless [Ayer]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

19464

We only discard a hypothesis after one failure if it appears likely to keep on failing [Ayer]

14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction

19462

Induction passes from particular facts to other particulars, or to general laws, non-deductively [Ayer]

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

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