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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Hymn to Perfect Wisdom' and 'The Folly of Trying to Define Truth'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

7911	Theory vanishes when one has obtained wisdom [Rahulabhadra]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth

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Truth cannot be reduced to anything simpler [Davidson]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique

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Neither Aristotle nor Tarski introduce the facts needed for a correspondence theory [Davidson]

3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 1. Tarski's Truth / c. Meta-language for truth

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The language to define truth needs a finite vocabulary, to make the definition finite [Davidson]

3. Truth / G. Axiomatic Truth / 1. Axiomatic Truth

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We can elucidate indefinable truth, but showing its relation to other concepts [Davidson]

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]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / a. Justification issues

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It is common to doubt truth when discussing it, but totally accept it when discussing knowledge [Davidson]