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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Theory Change and the Indeterminacy of Reference' and 'Scepticism'

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4 ideas

19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
The Electra: she knows this man, but not that he is her brother [Eucleides, by Diog. Laertius]
'Partial reference' is when the subject thinks two objects are one object [Field,H, by Recanati]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good
The chief good is unity, sometimes seen as prudence, or God, or intellect [Eucleides]
27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement
We only see points in motion, and thereby infer movement [Rescher]