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All the ideas for 'Building Blocks of Mathematical Logic', 'Counterfactuals' and 'The Internalist Conception of Justification'

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5 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

4262	If the only aim was consistent beliefs then new evidence and experiments would be irrelevant [Goldman]

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

17699

Variables are auxiliary notions, and not part of the 'eternal' essence of logic [Schönfinkel]

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]

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]