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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Explanations', 'The Will to Believe' and 'The Analysis of Matter'

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8 ideas

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / b. Events as primitive

6402	In 1927, Russell analysed force and matter in terms of events [Russell, by Grayling]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects

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A perceived physical object is events grouped around a centre [Russell]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / e. Substance critique

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An object produces the same percepts with or without a substance, so that is irrelevant to science [Russell]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

3570	Maybe knowledge is belief which 'tracks' the truth [Nozick, by Williams,M]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

6418	Russell rejected phenomenalism because it couldn't account for causal relations [Russell, by Grayling]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 4. Tracking the Facts

2748	A true belief isn't knowledge if it would be believed even if false. It should 'track the truth' [Nozick, by Dancy,J]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 4. Unfairness

6570	Imagine millions made happy on condition that one person suffers endless lonely torture [James]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter

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At first matter is basic and known by sense-data; later Russell says matter is constructed [Russell, by Linsky,B]