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All the ideas for 'General Facts,Phys Necessity, and Metaph of Time', 'Lecture on Nominalism' and 'When Does a Life Begin?'

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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 1. Fallacy

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The Struthionic Fallacy is that of burying one's head in the sand [Quine]

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 / E. Structures of Logic / 6. Relations in Logic

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All relations, apart from ancestrals, can be reduced to simpler logic [Quine]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 3. Mathematical Nominalism

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Nominalism rejects both attributes and classes (where extensionalism accepts the classes) [Quine]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion

4055	It isn't obviously wicked to destroy a potential human being (e.g. an ununited egg and sperm) [Lockwood]

4054	I may exist before I become a person, just as I exist before I become an adult [Lockwood]

4056	If the soul is held to leave the body at brain-death, it should arrive at the time of brain-creation [Lockwood]