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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'The Doctrine of Necessity Examined' and 'Phenomenalism'

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7 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names

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Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance

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Is chance just unknown laws? But the laws operate the same, whatever chance occurs [Peirce]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

2614	Modern phenomenalism holds that objects are logical constructions out of sense-data [Ayer]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory

2615	The concept of sense-data allows us to discuss appearances without worrying about reality [Ayer]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death

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Is there any such thing as death among the lower organisms? [Peirce]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

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If the world is just mechanical, its whole specification has no more explanation than mere chance [Peirce]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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The more precise the observations, the less reliable appear to be the laws of nature [Peirce]