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All the ideas for 'Some Puzzles of Ground', 'Letters to Hugo Boxel' and 'Preface to 'Principles of Philosophy''

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

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Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

3659	I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes]

4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 3. Many-Valued Logic

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Strong Kleene disjunction just needs one true disjunct; Weak needs the other to have some value [Fine,K]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding

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Formal grounding needs transitivity of grounding, no self-grounding, and the existence of both parties [Fine,K]

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

3657	Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 5. Natural Beauty

4870	The most beautiful hand seen through the microscope will appear horrible [Spinoza]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3660	Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes]