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All the ideas for 'A Combinatorial Theory of Possibility', 'The Problem of Natural Laws' and 'Letters to Russell'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

7085	The main problem of philosophy is what can and cannot be thought and expressed [Wittgenstein, by Grayling]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 6. Making Negative Truths

15547

Negative existentials have 'totality facts' as truthmakers [Armstrong, by Lewis]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / d. Logical atoms

23463

Atomic facts correspond to true elementary propositions [Wittgenstein]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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All possibilities are recombinations of properties in the actual world [Armstrong, by Lewis]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions

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A thought is mental constituents that relate to reality as words do [Wittgenstein]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 3. Laws and Generalities

4800	Natural laws result from eliminative induction, where enumerative induction gives generalisations [Cohen,LJ, by Psillos]