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All the ideas for 'On the Moral and Legal State of Abortion', 'The Pragmatist Account of Truth' and 'Mr Strawson on Referring'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Common speech is vague; its vocabulary and syntax must be modified, for precision [Russell]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction

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Man has an intense natural interest in the consistency of his own thinking [James]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 11. Ostensive Definition

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Empirical words need ostensive definition, which makes them egocentric [Russell]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / c. Facts and truths

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Realities just are, and beliefs are true of them [James]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism

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We find satisfaction in consistency of all of our beliefs, perceptions and mental connections [James]

16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 1. Existence of Persons

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Persons must be conscious, reasoning, motivated, communicative, self-aware [Warren, by Tuckness/Wolf]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 9. Indexical Semantics

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Science reduces indexicals to a minimum, but they can never be eliminated from empirical matters [Russell]