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All the ideas for 'On the Essence of Truth', 'Counterfactuals' and 'Whose Justice? Which Rationality?'

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6 ideas

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth

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For Heidegger there is 'ontic' truth or 'uncoveredness', as in "he is a true friend" [Heidegger, by Wrathall]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals

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Lewis says indicative conditionals are truth-functional [Lewis, by Jackson]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

8434	In good counterfactuals the consequent holds in world like ours except that the antecedent is true [Lewis, by Horwich]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism

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Relativism can be seen as about the rationality of different cultural traditions [MacIntyre, by Kusch]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / g. Liberalism critique

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Liberals debate how conservative or radical to be, but don't question their basics [MacIntyre]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory

9419	A law of nature is a general axiom of the deductive system that is best for simplicity and strength [Lewis]