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All the ideas for 'The Logic of Boundaryless Concepts', '75: Is 'Live Unknown' a Wise Precept?' and 'Grounding, Transitivity and Contrastivity'

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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]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding

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As causation links across time, grounding links the world across levels [Schaffer,J]

17306

If ground is transitive and irreflexive, it has a strict partial ordering, giving structure [Schaffer,J]

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]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / b. Contrastive explanations

17308

Explaining 'Adam ate the apple' depends on emphasis, and thus implies a contrast [Schaffer,J]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche

5959	Some philosophers say the soul is light [Plutarch]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

17305

I take what is fundamental to be the whole spatiotemporal manifold and its fields [Schaffer,J]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

17307

Nowadays causation is usually understood in terms of equations and variable ranges [Schaffer,J]