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All the ideas for 'Letters to Schlick', 'The Logical Form of Action Sentences' and 'Wittgenstein's 'Philosophical Investigations''

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5 ideas

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events

7771	We need 'events' to explain adverbs, which are adjectival predicates of events [Davidson, by Lycan]

8860	Language-learning is not good enough evidence for the existence of events [Yablo on Davidson]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories

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If the best theory of adverbs refers to events, then our ontology should include events [Davidson, by Sider]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / d. Other minds by analogy

14644

If my conception of pain derives from me, it is a contradiction to speak of another's pain [Malcolm]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / a. Translation

18285

All translation loses some content (but language does not create reality) [Carnap]