Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Demonstratives', 'Making Things Happen' and 'Rights of Man'

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4 ideas

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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An explanation is a causal graph [Woodward,J, by Strevens]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 10. Two-Dimensional Semantics

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Indexicals have a 'character' (the standing meaning), and a 'content' (truth-conditions for one context) [Kaplan, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]

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'Content' gives the standard modal profile, and 'character' gives rules for a context [Kaplan, by Schroeter]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 3. Constitutions

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A people, not government, creates a constitution, which is essential for legitimacy [Paine]