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All the ideas for 'Particulars in Particular Clothing', 'Gentzen's Analysis of First-Order Proofs' and 'Philosophical Insignificance of A Priori Knowledge'

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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

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All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 1. Overview of Logic

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Logic is based on transitions between sentences [Prawitz]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives

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Natural deduction introduction rules may represent 'definitions' of logical connectives [Prawitz]

5. Theory of Logic / H. Proof Systems / 4. Natural Deduction

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In natural deduction, inferences are atomic steps involving just one logical constant [Prawitz]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

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Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes

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Internal relations combine some tropes into a nucleus, which bears the non-essential tropes [Simons, by Edwards]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 9. A Priori from Concepts

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A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition

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Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification

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Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau]