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All the ideas for 'Realistic Rationalism', 'Concepts of supervenience' and 'Problems in Personal Identity'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

2510	Traditionally philosophy is an a priori enquiry into general truths about reality [Katz]

2516	Most of philosophy begins where science leaves off [Katz]

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 4. Identity in Logic

3299	In logic identity involves reflexivity (x=x), symmetry (if x=y, then y=x) and transitivity (if x=y and y=z, then x=z) [Baillie]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / b. Against mathematical platonism

2521	'Real' maths objects have no causal role, no determinate reference, and no abstract/concrete distinction [Katz]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / a. Nature of supervenience

3536	Supervenient properties must have matching base properties [Kim]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 5. A Priori Synthetic

2513	We don't have a clear enough sense of meaning to pronounce some sentences meaningless or just analytic [Katz]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique

2522	Experience cannot teach us why maths and logic are necessary [Katz]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning

2517	Structuralists see meaning behaviouristically, and Chomsky says nothing about it [Katz]

19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / a. Sense and reference

2519	It is generally accepted that sense is defined as the determiner of reference [Katz]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 5. Fregean Semantics

2520	Sense determines meaning and synonymy, not referential properties like denotation and truth [Katz]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / a. Propositions as sense

2518	Sentences are abstract types (like musical scores), not individual tokens [Katz]