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All the ideas for 'The Logical Basis of Metaphysics', 'Bayesianism' and 'Remembrance of Things Past'

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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / c. not
Classical negation is circular, if it relies on knowing negation-conditions from truth-conditions [Dummett]
14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem
Probability of H, given evidence E, is prob(H) x prob(E given H) / prob(E) [Horwich]
Bayes' theorem explains why very surprising predictions have a higher value as evidence [Horwich]
18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 3. Modularity of Mind
When we need to do something, we depute an inner servant to remind us of it [Proust]