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All the ideas for 'Many, but almost one', ''Objectivity' in Social Sciences and Social Policy' and '12: Colossians'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

8138	Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy [Paul]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

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There is no objectivity in social sciences - only viewpoints for selecting and organising data [Weber]

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The results of social research can be true, and not just subjectively valid for one person [Weber]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

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Semantic indecision explains vagueness (if we have precisifications to be undecided about) [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail

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If cats are vague, we deny that the many cats are one, or deny that the one cat is many [Lewis]

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

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We have one cloud, but many possible boundaries and aggregates for it [Lewis]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

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Basic to pragmatics is taking a message in a way that makes sense of it [Lewis]