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All the ideas for 'Ethical Studies', 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 1: Preliminary' and 'Does Ontology Rest on a Mistake?'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

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For me, fictions are internally true, without a significant internal or external truth-value [Yablo]

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Make-believe can help us to reason about facts and scientific procedures [Yablo]

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'The clouds are angry' can only mean '...if one were attributing emotions to clouds' [Yablo]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 1. Common Sense

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Many truths seem obvious, and point to universal agreement - which is what we find [Reid]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

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Only philosophers treat ideas as objects [Reid]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 9. Ambiguity

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The ambiguity of words impedes the advancement of knowledge [Reid]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

5655	Happiness is not satisfaction of desires, but fulfilment of values [Bradley, by Scruton]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

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Similar effects come from similar causes, and causes are only what are sufficient for the effects [Reid]