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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'De modo distinguendi phaenomena' and 'The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap'

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9 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]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / j. Axiom of Choice IX

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Choice suggests that intensions are not needed to ensure classes [Coffa]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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If experience is just a dream, it is still real enough if critical reason is never deceived [Leibniz]

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The strongest criterion that phenomena show reality is success in prediction [Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 8. A Priori as Analytic

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The semantic tradition aimed to explain the a priori semantically, not by Kantian intuition [Coffa]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 11. Denying the A Priori

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Platonism defines the a priori in a way that makes it unknowable [Coffa]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / e. Primary/secondary critique

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Light, heat and colour are apparent qualities, and so are motion, figure and extension [Leibniz]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind

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Mathematics generalises by using variables [Coffa]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / a. Absolute time

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Relativity is as absolutist about space-time as Newton was about space [Coffa]