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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Fragments', 'Counterfactuals' and 'works'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 2. Phenomenology

3348	If phenomenology is deprived of the synthetic a priori, it is reduced to literature [Benardete,JA on Husserl]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

16007

I assume existence, rather than reasoning towards it [Kierkegaard]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity

16013

Nothing necessary can come into existence, since it already 'is' [Kierkegaard]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals

14361

Lewis says indicative conditionals are truth-functional [Lewis, by Jackson]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

8434	In good counterfactuals the consequent holds in world like ours except that the antecedent is true [Lewis, by Horwich]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory

9419	A law of nature is a general axiom of the deductive system that is best for simplicity and strength [Lewis]