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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Dialogue on Things and Words' and 'The Logical Form of Action Sentences'

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6 ideas

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

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Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

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Truth is a characteristic of possible thoughts [Leibniz]

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True and false seem to pertain to thoughts, yet unthought propositions seem to be true or false [Leibniz]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events

7771	We need 'events' to explain adverbs, which are adjectival predicates of events [Davidson, by Lycan]

8860	Language-learning is not good enough evidence for the existence of events [Yablo on Davidson]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories

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If the best theory of adverbs refers to events, then our ontology should include events [Davidson, by Sider]