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All the ideas for 'Meaning', 'Universals and Particulars' and 'Introduction to a Secret Encyclopaedia'

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 2. Analysis by Division

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Analysing right down to primitive concepts seems beyond our powers [Leibniz]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 8. Subjective Truth

5022	We hold a proposition true if we are ready to follow it, and can't see any objections [Leibniz]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / c. Self-predication

4442	Most thinkers now reject self-predication (whiteness is NOT white) so there is no Third Man problem [Armstrong]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 3. Meaning as Speaker's Intention

7752	Only the utterer's primary intention is relevant to the meaning [Grice]

7751	Meaning needs an intention to induce a belief, and a recognition that this is the speaker's intention [Grice]

7753	We judge linguistic intentions rather as we judge non-linguistic intentions, so they are alike [Grice]