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19043 | Bivalence applies not just to sentences, but that general terms are true or false of each object [Quine] |
19042 | Terms learned by ostension tend to be vague, because that must be quick and unrefined [Quine] |
10993 | Ramsey's Test: believe the consequent if you believe the antecedent [Ramsey, by Read] |
14279 | Asking 'If p, will q?' when p is uncertain, then first add p hypothetically to your knowledge [Ramsey] |
20147 | Arguments that my finger does not exist are less certain than your seeing my finger [Moore,GE] |
6894 | Mental terms can be replaced in a sentence by a variable and an existential quantifier [Ramsey] |
9418 | All knowledge needs systematizing, and the axioms would be the laws of nature [Ramsey] |
9420 | Causal laws result from the simplest axioms of a complete deductive system [Ramsey] |