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All the ideas for 'Letters to Jourdain', 'Preface to Great Instauration (Renewal)' and 'Paradox without Self-Reference'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
6602 Philosophy is like a statue which is worshipped but never advances [Bacon]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
8447 In 'Etna is higher than Vesuvius' the whole of Etna, including all the lava, can't be the reference [Frege]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
8448 Any object can have many different names, each with a distinct sense [Frege]
5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / a. The Liar paradox
9138 An infinite series of sentences asserting falsehood produces the paradox without self-reference [Yablo, by Sorensen]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception
16724 The senses deceive, but also show their own errors [Bacon]
14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment
6603 Nature is revealed when we put it under pressure rather than observe it [Bacon]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / a. Sentence meaning
8446 We understand new propositions by constructing their sense from the words [Frege]
19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / a. Sense and reference
8449 Senses can't be subjective, because propositions would be private, and disagreement impossible [Frege]