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All the ideas for 'Why Reason Can't be Naturalized', 'Two Kinds of Possibility' and 'Intention'

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6 ideas

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

8828	Truth is rational acceptability [Putnam]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 1. Types of Modality

12205

There are two families of modal notions, metaphysical and epistemic, of equal strength [Edgington]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity

12207

Metaphysical possibility is discovered empirically, and is contrained by nature [Edgington]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity

12206

Broadly logical necessity (i.e. not necessarily formal logical necessity) is an epistemic notion [Edgington]

12208

An argument is only valid if it is epistemically (a priori) necessary [Edgington]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / a. Nature of intentions

20041

Intentional actions are those which are explained by giving the reason for so acting [Anscombe]