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All the ideas for 'Lectures on the History of Philosophy', 'A World of States of Affairs' and 'Truth, Correspondence, Explanation and Knowledge'

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8 ideas

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 / B. Truthmakers / 1. For Truthmakers

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

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

4742	Correspondence may be one-many or many one, as when either p or q make 'p or q' true [Armstrong]

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

9497	Without modality, Armstrong falls back on fictionalism to support counterfactual laws [Bird on Armstrong]

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

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

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties

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Properties are contingently existing beings with multiple locations in space and time [Armstrong, by Lewis]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

4743	The truth-maker for a truth must necessitate that truth [Armstrong]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

4798	In recent writings, Armstrong makes a direct identification of necessitation with causation [Armstrong, by Psillos]