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All the ideas for 'Syntactic Structure', '04: Gospel of St John' and 'Lewis's Programme'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos

6294	In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God [John]

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]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth

8821	Jesus said he bore witness to the truth. Pilate asked, What is truth? [John]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

8431	Problems with Goodman's view of counterfactuals led to a radical approach from Stalnaker and Lewis [Horwich]

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]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation

8432	Analyse counterfactuals using causation, not the other way around [Horwich]