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All the ideas for 'Bayesianism', 'Frege's Distinction of Sense and Reference' and 'Paper of December 1676'

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

9182	Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

2798	Probability of H, given evidence E, is prob(H) x prob(E given H) / prob(E) [Horwich]

2799	Bayes' theorem explains why very surprising predictions have a higher value as evidence [Horwich]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 7. Zombies

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It's impossible, but imagine a body carrying on normally, but with no mind [Leibniz]

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

9181	The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett]