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All the ideas for 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet', 'U.S. Declaration of Independence' and 'Forget the 'correspondence theory of truth''

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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

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To be true a sentence must express a proposition, and not be ambiguous or vague or just expressive [Lewis]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 2. Truthmaker Relation

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Truthmakers are about existential grounding, not about truth [Lewis]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 11. Truthmaking and Correspondence

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Truthmaker is correspondence, but without the requirement to be one-to-one [Lewis]

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]

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]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / b. Natural equality

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Men are created equal, and with certain inalienable rights [Jefferson]