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All the ideas for 'Reflections on my Critics', 'The Trouble with Possible Worlds' and 'What is an Idea?'

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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

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The Razor seems irrelevant for Meinongians, who allow absolutely everything to exist [Lycan]

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Maybe Ockham's Razor is a purely aesthetic principle [Lycan]

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

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

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects

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Maybe non-existent objects are sets of properties [Lycan]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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Treating possible worlds as mental needs more actual mental events [Lycan]

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Possible worlds must be made of intensional objects like propositions or properties [Lycan]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / c. Worlds as propositions

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If 'worlds' are sentences, and possibility their consistency, consistency may rely on possibility [Lycan]

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]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

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By an 'idea' I mean not an actual thought, but the resources we can draw on to think [Leibniz]