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All the ideas for 'A Puzzle about Belief', 'Letters' and 'Inexpressible Properties and Propositions'

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3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 3. Minimalist Truth
17990 Instances of minimal truth miss out propositions inexpressible in current English [Hofweber]
5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification
17988 Quantification can't all be substitutional; some reference is obviously to objects [Hofweber]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties
17989 Since properties have properties, there can be a typed or a type-free theory of them [Hofweber]
18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files
16383 Puzzled Pierre has two mental files about the same object [Recanati on Kripke]
19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / a. Translation
17991 Holism says language can't be translated; the expressibility hypothesis says everything can [Hofweber]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 1. Artistic Intentions
23903 When we admire a work, we see ourselves as its creator [Weil]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
23901 Relationships depend on equality, so unequal treatment kills them [Weil]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 5. Bible
23904 The cruelty of the Old Testament put me off Christianity [Weil]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
23902 I attach little importance to immortality, which is an undecidable fact, and irrelevant to us [Weil]