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All the ideas for 'Exigency to Exist in Essences', 'Some Main Problems of Philosophy' and 'Syntactic Structure'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / c. Philosophy as generalisation

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The main aim of philosophy is to describe the whole Universe. [Moore,GE]

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]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

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Possibles demand existence, so as many of them as possible must actually exist [Leibniz]

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God's sufficient reason for choosing reality is in the fitness or perfection of possibilities [Leibniz]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds

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The actual universe is the richest composite of what is possible [Leibniz]

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]