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All the ideas for 'Time Without Change', 'The Epic of Gilgamesh' and 'A World of Propensities'

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9 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
8594 People have had good reasons for thinking that the circle has been squared [Shoemaker]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
8596 Inability to measure equality doesn't make all lengths unequal [Shoemaker]
8597 We couldn't verify the earth's rotation if everyone simultaneously fell asleep [Shoemaker]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers
11946 Propensities are part of a situation, not part of the objects [Popper]
13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
8593 Maybe billions of changeless years have elapsed since my last meal [Shoemaker]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
8659 The gods alone live forever with Shamash. The days of humans are numbered. [Anon (Gilg)]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
8598 If things turn red for an hour and then explode, we wouldn't say the redness was the cause [Shoemaker]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / e. Eventless time
4226 If three regions 'freeze' every three, four and five years, after sixty years everything stops for a year [Shoemaker, by Lowe]
8595 If three regions freeze every 3rd, 4th and 5th year, they all freeze together every 60 years [Shoemaker]