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All the ideas for 'Truth-makers', 'Review of Bob Hale's 'Abstract Objects'' and 'On Wisdom'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

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Wisdom is knowing all of the sciences, and their application [Leibniz]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis

9184	We can't presume that all interesting concepts can be analysed [Williamson]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 2. Truthmaker Relation

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Part-whole is the key relation among truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 5. What Makes Truths / a. What makes truths

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Truth-makers cannot be the designata of the sentences they make true [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

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Moments (objects which cannot exist alone) may serve as truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

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The truth-maker for a sentence may not be unique, or may be a combination, or several separate items [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

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Despite negative propositions, truthmakers are not logical complexes, but ordinary experiences [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique

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Correspondence has to invoke facts or states of affairs, just to serve as truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / a. For mathematical platonism

9183	Platonism claims that some true assertions have singular terms denoting abstractions, so abstractions exist [Williamson]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

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Perfect knowledge implies complete explanations and perfect prediction [Leibniz]