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All the ideas for 'The Dappled World', 'The Correspondence Theory of Truth' and 'A New Kind of Science'

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11 ideas

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

3745	Must sentences make statements to qualify for truth? [O'Connor]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

3742	Beliefs must match facts, but also words must match beliefs [O'Connor]

3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth

3744	The semantic theory requires sentences as truth-bearers, not propositions [O'Connor]

3749	What does 'true in English' mean? [O'Connor]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic

3746	Logic seems to work for unasserted sentences [O'Connor]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics

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At one level maths and nature are very similar, suggesting some deeper origin [Wolfram]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

3747	Events are fast changes which are of interest to us [O'Connor]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

3748	Without language our beliefs are particular and present [O'Connor]

3743	We can't contemplate our beliefs until we have expressed them [O'Connor]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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Theories can never represent accurately, because their components are abstract [Cartwright,N, by Portides]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space

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Space and its contents seem to be one stuff - so space is the only existing thing [Wolfram]