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All the ideas for 'Quodlibeta', 'Some Puzzles of Ground' and 'An American Indian model of the Universe'

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9 ideas

4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 3. Many-Valued Logic

14263

Strong Kleene disjunction just needs one true disjunct; Weak needs the other to have some value [Fine,K]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding

14262

Formal grounding needs transitivity of grounding, no self-grounding, and the existence of both parties [Fine,K]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes

16641

Whiteness does not exist, but by it something can exist-as-white [Aquinas]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

22170

Senses grasp external properties, but the understanding grasps the essential natures of things [Aquinas]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / a. Innate knowledge

22169

Initial universal truths are present within us as potential, to be drawn out by reason [Aquinas]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation

22168

Minds take in a likeness of things, which activates an awaiting potential [Aquinas]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 5. Language Relativism

3916	Hopi consistently prefers verbs and events to nouns and things [Whorf]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 4. Paradigm

3917	Scientific thought is essentially a specialised part of Indo-European languages [Whorf]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series

3915	The Hopi have no concept of time as something flowing from past to future [Whorf]