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All the ideas for 'Universals and Particulars', 'Truth and Probability' and 'Treatise on Quantity'

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4 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / c. Self-predication

4442	Most thinkers now reject self-predication (whiteness is NOT white) so there is no Third Man problem [Armstrong]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

16672

Quantity is the quantified parts of a thing, plus location and coordination [Olivi]

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

13766

'If' is the same as 'given that', so the degrees of belief should conform to probability theory [Ramsey, by Ramsey]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

19143

Ramsey gave axioms for an uncertain agent to decide their preferences [Ramsey, by Davidson]