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All the ideas for 'Ethics without Principles', 'Philosophy of Language' and 'Evidentialism'

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11 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms

7755	Singular terms refer, using proper names, definite descriptions, singular personal pronouns, demonstratives, etc. [Lycan]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

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If the only aim is to believe truths, that justifies recklessly believing what is unsupported (if it is right) [Conee/Feldman]

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

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We don't have the capacity to know all the logical consequences of our beliefs [Conee/Feldman]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

7768	The truth conditions theory sees meaning as representation [Lycan]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification

7766	Meaning must be known before we can consider verification [Lycan]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

7764	Could I successfully use an expression, without actually understanding it? [Lycan]

7763	It is hard to state a rule of use for a proper name [Lycan]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics

7770	Truth conditions will come out the same for sentences with 'renate' or 'cordate' [Lycan]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 8. Possible Worlds Semantics

7773	A sentence's truth conditions is the set of possible worlds in which the sentence is true [Lycan]

7774	Possible worlds explain aspects of meaning neatly - entailment, for example, is the subset relation [Lycan]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value

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The base for values has grounds, catalysts and intensifiers [Dancy,J, by Orsi]