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All the ideas for 'Syntactic Structure', 'Contextualism Contested' and 'The New Organon'

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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / c. Category mistake as semantic

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Chomsky established the view that category mistakes are well-formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism

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Only individual bodies exist [Bacon]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / c. Form as causal

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There are only individual bodies containing law-based powers, and the Forms are these laws [Bacon]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / b. Invariantism

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That standards vary with context doesn't imply different truth-conditions for judgements [Conee]

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Maybe there is only one context (the 'really and truly' one) for serious discussions of knowledge [Conee]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science

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Science must clear away the idols of the mind if they are ever going to find the truth [Bacon]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax

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Syntax is independent of semantics; sentences can be well formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]