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All the ideas for 'works', 'The Search After Truth' and 'The Correspondence Theory of Truth'

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12 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 / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

3745	Must sentences make statements to qualify for truth? [O'Connor]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

3742	Beliefs must match facts, but also words must match beliefs [O'Connor]

3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth

3744	The semantic theory requires sentences as truth-bearers, not propositions [O'Connor]

3749	What does 'true in English' mean? [O'Connor]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic

3746	Logic seems to work for unasserted sentences [O'Connor]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

3747	Events are fast changes which are of interest to us [O'Connor]

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]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes

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Everything that exists is either a being, or some mode of a being [Malebranche]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

3743	We can't contemplate our beliefs until we have expressed them [O'Connor]

3748	Without language our beliefs are particular and present [O'Connor]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

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In a true cause we see a necessary connection [Malebranche]