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All the ideas for 'works', 'On the Nature of Truth and Falsehood' and 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 1: Preliminary'

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8 ideas

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

6343	For Russell, both propositions and facts are arrangements of objects, so obviously they correspond [Horwich on Russell]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 1. Common Sense

23633

Many truths seem obvious, and point to universal agreement - which is what we find [Reid]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

23630

Only philosophers treat ideas as objects [Reid]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 9. Ambiguity

23629

The ambiguity of words impedes the advancement of knowledge [Reid]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 6. Propositions Critique

7534	In 1906, Russell decided that propositions did not, after all, exist [Russell, by Monk]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

23632

Similar effects come from similar causes, and causes are only what are sufficient for the effects [Reid]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

16713

Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

6610	I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]