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All the ideas for 'The Logic of Boundaryless Concepts', 'Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions' and 'Many, but almost one'

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12 ideas

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]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

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Semantic indecision explains vagueness (if we have precisifications to be undecided about) [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail

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If cats are vague, we deny that the many cats are one, or deny that the one cat is many [Lewis]

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

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We have one cloud, but many possible boundaries and aggregates for it [Lewis]

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

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / b. Essence of consciousness

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Consciousness always transcends itself [Sartre]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / a. Nature of emotions

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An emotion and its object form a unity, so emotion is a mode of apprehension [Sartre]

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Emotion is one of our modes of understanding our Being-in-the-World [Sartre]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / c. Role of emotions

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Emotions are a sort of bodily incantation which brings a magic to the world [Sartre]

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Emotions makes us believe in and live in a new world [Sartre]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

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Basic to pragmatics is taking a message in a way that makes sense of it [Lewis]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

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States have a monopoly of legitimate violence [Sartre, by Wolff,J]