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All the ideas for 'Reference and Contingency', 'Philosophy without Intuitions' and 'The Fragmentation of Reason'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / E. Argument / 7. Thought Experiments

20183

So-called 'though experiments' are just philosophers observing features of the world [Cappelen]

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

6627	Radical pragmatists abandon the notion of truth [Stich, by Lowe]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency

14895

'Superficial' contingency: false in some world; 'Deep' contingency: no obvious verification [Evans, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation

11881

Rigid designators can be meaningful even if empty [Evans, by Mackie,P]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition

20182

The word 'intuitive' often plays not role at all in arguments, and can be removed [Cappelen]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality

4765	Stich accepts eliminativism (labelled 'pragmatism') about rationality and normativity [Stich, by Engel]