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All the ideas for 'Quining Qualia', 'The Logical Structure of the World (Aufbau)' and 'The Logical Form of Action Sentences'

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6 ideas

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events
7771 We need 'events' to explain adverbs, which are adjectival predicates of events [Davidson, by Lycan]
8860 Language-learning is not good enough evidence for the existence of events [Yablo on Davidson]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories
15002 If the best theory of adverbs refers to events, then our ontology should include events [Davidson, by Sider]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
18699 Carnap tried to define all scientific predicates in terms of primitive relations, using type theory [Carnap, by Button]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / a. Nature of qualia
6624 Dennett denies the existence of qualia [Dennett, by Lowe]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / g. Conceptual atomism
12131 All concepts can be derived from a few basics, making possible one science of everything [Carnap, by Brody]