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All the ideas for 'Explanation in Mathematics', 'Dthat' and 'The Problem of Knowledge'

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8 ideas

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 1. Fallacy

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Induction assumes some uniformity in nature, or that in some respects the future is like the past [Ayer]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities

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Essences are no use in mathematics, if all mathematical truths are necessary [Mancosu]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 5. Cogito Critique

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Knowing I exist reveals nothing at all about my nature [Ayer]

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To say 'I am not thinking' must be false, but it might have been true, so it isn't self-contradictory [Ayer]

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'I know I exist' has no counterevidence, so it may be meaningless [Ayer]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

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We only discard a hypothesis after one failure if it appears likely to keep on failing [Ayer]

14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction

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Induction passes from particular facts to other particulars, or to general laws, non-deductively [Ayer]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

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Are causal descriptions part of the causal theory of reference, or are they just metasemantic? [Kaplan, by Schaffer,J]