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All the ideas for 'The Inference to the Best Explanation', 'Syntactic Structure' and 'The Logical Basis of Metaphysics'

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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / c. Category mistake as semantic

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Chomsky established the view that category mistakes are well-formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / c. not

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Classical negation is circular, if it relies on knowing negation-conditions from truth-conditions [Dummett]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation

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Best Explanation is the core notion of epistemology [Harman, by Smart]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax

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Syntax is independent of semantics; sentences can be well formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]