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All the ideas for 'Letter to Russell', 'Conditional Assertion and Restricted Quantification' and 'Events as property exemplifications'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
7085 The main problem of philosophy is what can and cannot be thought and expressed [Wittgenstein, by Grayling]
7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events
10369 How fine-grained Kim's events are depends on how finely properties are individuated [Kim, by Schaffer,J]
8974 Events are composed of an object with an attribute at a time [Kim, by Simons]
8975 Events cannot be merely ordered triples, but must specify the link between the elements [Kim, by Simons]
8976 If events are ordered triples of items, such things seem to be sets, and hence abstract [Simons on Kim]
8977 Since properties like self-identity and being 2+2=4 are timeless, Kim must restrict his properties [Simons on Kim]
8980 Kim's theory results in too many events [Simons on Kim]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / d. Logical atoms
23463 Atomic facts correspond to true elementary propositions [Wittgenstein]
14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / b. Raven paradox
19000 Read 'all ravens are black' as about ravens, not as about an implication [Belnap]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions
23490 A thought is mental constituents that relate to reality as words do [Wittgenstein]