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All the ideas for 'Conspectus libelli (book outline)', 'Pragmatism and Objective Truth' and 'A Problem about Substitutional Quantification?'

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9 ideas

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth
19086 Does the pragmatic theory of meaning support objective truth, or make it impossible? [Macbeth]
5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification
10792 The substitutional quantifier is not in competition with the standard interpretation [Kripke, by Marcus (Barcan)]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / b. Greek arithmetic
19093 Greek mathematics is wholly sensory, where ours is wholly inferential [Macbeth]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates
12699 A body would be endless disunited parts, if it did not have a unifying form or soul [Leibniz]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / d. Form as unifier
12700 Form or soul gives unity and duration; matter gives multiplicity and change [Leibniz]
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 2. A Priori Contingent
12736 If we understand God and his choices, we have a priori knowledge of contingent truths [Leibniz, by Garber]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
19091 Seeing reality mathematically makes it an object of thought, not of experience [Macbeth]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 3. Panpsychism
12698 Every body contains a kind of sense and appetite, or a soul [Leibniz]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts
19088 For pragmatists a concept means its consequences [Macbeth]