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All the ideas for 'The Case for Closure', 'On 'Insolubilia' and their solution' and 'The Fragmentation of Reason'

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9 ideas

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

6627	Radical pragmatists abandon the notion of truth [Stich, by Lowe]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 5. Conceptions of Set / c. Logical sets

21563

The 'no classes' theory says the propositions just refer to the members [Russell]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / d. Richard's paradox

21565

Richard's puzzle uses the notion of 'definition' - but that cannot be defined [Russell]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / a. The Liar paradox

21564

Vicious Circle: what involves ALL must not be one of those ALL [Russell]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 2. Common Sense Certainty

19553

Commitment to 'I have a hand' only makes sense in a context where it has been doubted [Hawthorne]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / c. Knowledge closure

19551

How can we know the heavyweight implications of normal knowledge? Must we distort 'knowledge'? [Hawthorne]

19552

We wouldn't know the logical implications of our knowledge if small risks added up to big risks [Hawthorne]

19554

Denying closure is denying we know P when we know P and Q, which is absurd in simple cases [Hawthorne]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality

4765	Stich accepts eliminativism (labelled 'pragmatism') about rationality and normativity [Stich, by Engel]