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All the ideas for 'Reality and Representation', 'Philosophical Insignificance of A Priori Knowledge' and 'Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times'

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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

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All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau]

5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 1. Axiomatisation

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Axioms reveal the underlying assumptions, and reveal relationships between different areas [Kline]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

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Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

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Belief truth-conditions are normal circumstances where the belief is supposed to occur [Papineau]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 9. A Priori from Concepts

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A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition

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Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification

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Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau]