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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
6294 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God [John]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth
8821 Jesus said he bore witness to the truth. Pilate asked, What is truth? [John]
18. Thought / C. Content / 11. Teleological Semantics
23801 Biosemantics says content is useful mapping from a producer to a consumer system [Millikan, by Schulte]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought
9086 The idea of abstract objects is not ontological; it comes from the epistemological idea of abstraction [Plantinga]
9087 Theists may see abstract objects as really divine thoughts [Plantinga]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions
9085 If propositions are concrete they don't have to exist, and so they can't be necessary truths [Plantinga]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions
9084 Propositions can't just be in brains, because 'there are no human beings' might be true [Plantinga]