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All the ideas for 'Essays on Intellectual Powers: Conception', 'On Mental Entities' and 'Political Liberalism'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition
23647 Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid]
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / b. Conceivable but impossible
11958 Impossibilites are easily conceived in mathematics and geometry [Reid, by Molnar]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / d. Sense-data problems
21686 Sense-data are dubious abstractions, with none of the plausibility of tables [Quine]
12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 4. Pro-Empiricism
21685 Empiricism says evidence rests on the senses, but that insight is derived from science [Quine]
19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
23646 Reference is by name, or a term-plus-circumstance, or ostensively, or by description [Reid]
19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference
23645 A word's meaning is the thing conceived, as fixed by linguistic experts [Reid]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability
21051 Check your rationality by thinking of your opinion pronounced by the supreme court [Rawls]
24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / c. Social contract
21119 Power is only legitimate if it is reasonable for free equal citizens to endorse the constitution [Rawls]