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All the ideas for 'Lectures on the History of Philosophy', 'Epistemic Two-Dimensional Semantics' and 'On Simple Theories of a Complex World'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Philosophy is the conceptual essence of the shape of history [Hegel]

3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 1. Coherence Truth

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Truth in a scenario is the negation in that scenario being a priori incoherent [Chalmers]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities

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A sentence is a priori if no possible way the world might actually be could make it false [Chalmers]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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It seems obvious to prefer the simpler of two theories, on grounds of beauty and convenience [Quine]

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There are four suspicious reasons why we prefer simpler theories [Quine]