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All the ideas for 'The Case for Closure', 'Sentences' and 'Merely Possible Propositions'

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

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Logicians acknowledge too few things, while others acknowledge too many [Fitzralph]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects

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Predicates can't apply to what doesn't exist [Stalnaker]

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

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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

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

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

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

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

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A 'Russellian proposition' is an ordered sequence of individual, properties and relations [Stalnaker]