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All the ideas for 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet', 'A Priori Knowledge' and 'Second Philosophy'

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 7. Second-Order Logic

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Henkin semantics is more plausible for plural logic than for second-order logic [Maddy]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity

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Maybe modal sentences cannot be true or false [Casullo]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary

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If the necessary is a priori, so is the contingent, because the same evidence is involved [Casullo]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

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If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori

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Epistemic a priori conditions concern either the source, defeasibility or strength [Casullo]

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The main claim of defenders of the a priori is that some justifications are non-experiential [Casullo]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities

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Analysis of the a priori by necessity or analyticity addresses the proposition, not the justification [Casullo]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / c. Defeasibility

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'Overriding' defeaters rule it out, and 'undermining' defeaters weaken in [Casullo]