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All the ideas for 'A Plea for Excuses', 'The Logic of Decision' and 'The Work of a Free Person'

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Ordinary language is the beginning of philosophy, but there is much more to it [Austin,JL]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions

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A possible world can be seen as a complete and consistent novel [Jeffrey]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

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Instead of gambling, Jeffrey made the objects of Bayesian preference to be propositions [Jeffrey, by Davidson]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism

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Once money is the main aim, society needs everyone to think wealth is possible [Weil]