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All the ideas for 'Philosophy without Intuitions', 'Counterfactual Dependence and Time's Arrow' and 'Philosophical Implications of Mathematical logic'

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2. Reason / E. Argument / 7. Thought Experiments

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So-called 'though experiments' are just philosophers observing features of the world [Cappelen]

5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic

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Logic is highly general truths abstracted from reality [Russell, by Glock]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition

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The word 'intuitive' often plays not role at all in arguments, and can be removed [Cappelen]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind

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It is good to generalise truths as much as possible [Russell]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation

8433	There are few traces of an event before it happens, but many afterwards [Lewis, by Horwich]