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All the ideas for 'Taking Rights Seriously', 'An Introduction to Modal Logic' and 'The Theory of Relativity and A Priori Knowledge'

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4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 2. Tools of Propositional Logic / b. Terminology of PL

9540	A 'value-assignment' (V) is when to each variable in the set V assigns either the value 1 or the value 0 [Hughes/Cresswell]

4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 2. Tools of Propositional Logic / d. Basic theorems of PL

9541	The Law of Transposition says (P→Q) → (¬Q→¬P) [Hughes/Cresswell]

4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 4. Soundness of PL

9543	The rules preserve validity from the axioms, so no thesis negates any other thesis [Hughes/Cresswell]

5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 4. Completeness

9544	A system is 'weakly' complete if all wffs are derivable, and 'strongly' if theses are maximised [Hughes/Cresswell]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

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Kant showed that our perceptions are partly constructed from our concepts [Reichenbach]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / b. Liberal individualism

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Dworkin believed we should promote equality, to increase autonomy [Dworkin, by Kekes]

25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality

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We can treat people as equals, or actually treat them equally [Dworkin, by Grayling]

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Treating people as equals is the one basic value of all plausible political theories [Dworkin, by Kymlicka]