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All the ideas for 'There is No A Priori (and reply)', 'Mathematical Logic (revised)' and 'Making Things Happen'

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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 4. Variables in Logic

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'Corner quotes' (quasi-quotation) designate 'whatever these terms designate' [Quine]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / f. Names eliminated

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We might do without names, by converting them into predicates [Quine, by Kirkham]

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

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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

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

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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An explanation is a causal graph [Woodward,J, by Strevens]