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All the ideas for 'Reflections on my Critics', 'Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy' and 'lectures'

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5 ideas

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth

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'Truth' may only apply within a theory [Kuhn]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism

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Surely the past phases of a thing are not parts of the thing? [Broad]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 1. Perceptual Realism / b. Direct realism

8417	Direct realism is false, because defeasibility questions are essential to perceptual knowledge [Galloway]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

6809	Kuhn came to accept that all scientists agree on a particular set of values [Kuhn, by Bird]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability

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In theory change, words shift their natural reference, so the theories are incommensurable [Kuhn]