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All the ideas for 'works', 'Tarski on Truth and Logical Consequence' and 'The Nature of Possibility'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science

6782	Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam]

3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 1. Tarski's Truth / c. Meta-language for truth

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'Snow is white' depends on meaning; whether snow is white depends on snow [Etchemendy]

3. Truth / G. Axiomatic Truth / 1. Axiomatic Truth

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We can get a substantive account of Tarski's truth by adding primitive 'true' to the object language [Etchemendy]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

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Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

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The best version of reductionist actualism around is Armstrong's combinatorial account [Armstrong, by Read]