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All the ideas for 'The Basing Relation', 'On Recent German Literature. Fragments' and 'Syntactic Structure'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Thoughts are learnt through words, so language shows the limits and shape of our knowledge [Herder]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / c. Category mistake as semantic

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Chomsky established the view that category mistakes are well-formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

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There are reasons 'for which' a belief is held, reasons 'why' it is believed, and reasons 'to' believe it [Neta]

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The basing relation of a reason to a belief should both support and explain the belief [Neta]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax

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Syntax is independent of semantics; sentences can be well formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]