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All the ideas for 'Dialogue on human freedom and origin of evil', 'The Logical Form of Action Sentences' and 'True to the Facts'

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8 ideas

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

8188	Davidson takes truth to attach to individual sentences [Davidson, by Dummett]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry

13163

Circles must be bounded, so cannot be infinite [Leibniz]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events

7771	We need 'events' to explain adverbs, which are adjectival predicates of events [Davidson, by Lycan]

8860	Language-learning is not good enough evidence for the existence of events [Yablo on Davidson]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories

15002

If the best theory of adverbs refers to events, then our ontology should include events [Davidson, by Sider]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / b. Fate

13162

Sloth's Syllogism: either it can't happen, or it is inevitable without my effort [Leibniz]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil

19339

Evil is a negation of good, which arises from non-being [Leibniz]

13164

God only made sin possible because a much greater good can be derived from it [Leibniz]