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All the ideas for 'Facts and Propositions', 'Spinoza's Ethics' and 'Truth, Correspondence, Explanation and Knowledge'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

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Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 1. For Truthmakers

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We want to know what makes sentences true, rather than defining 'true' [McFetridge]

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 1. Redundant Truth

3750	"It is true that x" means no more than x [Ramsey]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

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We normally explain natural events by citing further facts [McFetridge]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

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Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / c. Meaning by Role

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Sentence meaning is given by the actions to which it would lead [Ramsey]