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All the ideas for 'General Facts,Phys Necessity, and Metaph of Time', 'Sense Data and the Percept Theory' and 'Putnam's Paradox'

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3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 3. Truthmaker Maximalism

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The truth-maker principle is that every truth has a sufficient truth-maker [Forrest]

5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 2. Isomorphisms

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A consistent theory just needs one model; isomorphic versions will do too, and large domains provide those [Lewis]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

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Anti-realists see the world as imaginary, or lacking joints, or beyond reference, or beyond truth [Lewis]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts

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A gerrymandered mereological sum can be a mess, but still have natural joints [Lewis]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / d. Sense-data problems

6493	We are not conscious of pure liquidity, but of the liquidity of water [Firth]

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

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Causal theories of reference make errors in reference easy [Lewis]

19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description

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Descriptive theories remain part of the theory of reference (with seven mild modifications) [Lewis]