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All the ideas for 'There is No A Priori (and reply)', 'Letters to Russell' and 'works'

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7 ideas

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]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science

6782	Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / d. Logical atoms

23463

Atomic facts correspond to true elementary propositions [Wittgenstein]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

22181

Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities

19565

How could the mind have a link to the necessary character of reality? [Devitt]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 11. Denying the A Priori

19564

Some knowledge must be empirical; naturalism implies that all knowledge is like that [Devitt]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions

23490

A thought is mental constituents that relate to reality as words do [Wittgenstein]