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All the ideas for 'Justice as fairness: Political not Metaphysical', 'Human Knowledge: its scope and limits' and 'Intro to 2nd ed of Principia Mathematica'

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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / c. not
16489 Is it possible to state every possible truth about the whole course of nature without using 'not'? [Russell]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / d. Logical atoms
21681 Given all true atomic propositions, in theory every other truth can thereby be deduced [Russell]
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity
16490 Some facts about experience feel like logical necessities [Russell]
12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique
16488 It is hard to explain how a sentence like 'it is not raining' can be found true by observation [Russell]
19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial
16491 If we define 'this is not blue' as disbelief in 'this is blue', we eliminate 'not' as an ingredient of facts [Russell]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 4. Unfairness
22406 The maximisation of happiness must be done fairly [Rawls, by Smart]
27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement
4786 Russell's 'at-at' theory says motion is to be at the intervening points at the intervening instants [Russell, by Psillos]