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All the ideas for 'The Intentional Fallacy', 'The Development of Logic' and 'On Sensations (frags)'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / f. Axiom of Infinity V

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The axiom of infinity is not a truth of logic, and its adoption is an abandonment of logicism [Kneale,W and M]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism

2975	That honey is sweet I do not affirm, but I agree that it appears so [Timon]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 1. Artistic Intentions

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Intentions either succeed or fail, so external evidence for them is always irrelevant [Wimsatt/Beardsley, by Davies,S]

7266	The author's intentions are irrelevant to the judgement of a work's success [Wimsatt/Beardsley]

7267	Poetry, unlike messages, can be successful without communicating intentions [Wimsatt/Beardsley]

7268	The thoughts of a poem should be imputed to the dramatic speaker, and hardly at all to the poet [Wimsatt/Beardsley]

7269	The intentional fallacy is a romantic one [Wimsatt/Beardsley]

7271	Biography can reveal meanings and dramatic character, as well as possible intentions [Wimsatt/Beardsley]