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All the ideas for 'Necessary Existents', 'Commentary on 'Posterior Analytics' and 'The Logic of Decision'

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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions

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A possible world can be seen as a complete and consistent novel [Jeffrey]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

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Instead of gambling, Jeffrey made the objects of Bayesian preference to be propositions [Jeffrey, by Davidson]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique

9074	Abstraction cannot produce the concept of a 'game', as there is no one common feature [Barnes,J]

9073	Abstraction from an ambiguous concept like 'mole' will define them as the same [Barnes,J]

9072	Defining concepts by abstractions will collect together far too many attributes from entities [Barnes,J]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

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Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]