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All the ideas for 'On Euclidean Geometry', 'Mr Strawson on Referring' and 'Zettel'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

2626	A philosopher is outside any community of ideas [Wittgenstein]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

21552

Common speech is vague; its vocabulary and syntax must be modified, for precision [Russell]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 11. Ostensive Definition

21551

Empirical words need ostensive definition, which makes them egocentric [Russell]

5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 1. Axiomatisation

16886

The truth of an axiom must be independently recognisable [Frege]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / a. The Liar paradox

6569	'This sentence is false' sends us in a looping search for its proposition [Wittgenstein, by Fogelin]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 2. Causal Justification

3790	Causes of beliefs are irrelevant to their contents [Wittgenstein]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 9. Indexical Semantics

21550

Science reduces indexicals to a minimum, but they can never be eliminated from empirical matters [Russell]