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All the ideas for 'Presentism and Properties', 'Russell's Ontological Development' and 'Phenomenalism'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 12. Paraphrase

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Russell offered a paraphrase of definite description, to avoid the commitment to objects [Quine]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

2614	Modern phenomenalism holds that objects are logical constructions out of sense-data [Ayer]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory

2615	The concept of sense-data allows us to discuss appearances without worrying about reality [Ayer]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / a. Sentence meaning

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Taking sentences as the unit of meaning makes useful paraphrasing possible [Quine]

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Knowing a word is knowing the meanings of sentences which contain it [Quine]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / h. Presentism

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I am a presentist, and all language and common sense supports my view [Bigelow]