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All the ideas for 'The Logic of Boundaryless Concepts', 'Putnam's Paradox' and 'Aesthetica'

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

9390	Logic guides thinking, but it isn't a substitute for it [Rumfitt]

5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 2. Isomorphisms

14212

A consistent theory just needs one model; isomorphic versions will do too, and large domains provide those [Lewis]

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

14213

Anti-realists see the world as imaginary, or lacking joints, or beyond reference, or beyond truth [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

9389	Vague membership of sets is possible if the set is defined by its concept, not its members [Rumfitt]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts

14210

A gerrymandered mereological sum can be a mess, but still have natural joints [Lewis]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

14215

Causal theories of reference make errors in reference easy [Lewis]

19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description

14209

Descriptive theories remain part of the theory of reference (with seven mild modifications) [Lewis]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 1. Aesthetics

8063	Baumgarten founded aesthetics in 1750 [Baumgarten, by Tolstoy]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 2. Art as Form

8118	Beauty is an order between parts, and in relation to the whole [Baumgarten, by Tolstoy]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good

8117	Perfection comes through the senses (Beauty), through reason (Truth), and through moral will (Good) [Baumgarten, by Tolstoy]