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All the ideas for 'Does Emp.Knowledge have Foundation?', 'Possible Worlds' and 'The Evolution of Physics'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

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Lewis's distinction of 'existing' from 'being actual' is Meinong's between 'existing' and 'subsisting' [Lycan on Lewis]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

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Lewis can't know possible worlds without first knowing what is possible or impossible [Lycan on Lewis]

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What are the ontological grounds for grouping possibilia into worlds? [Lycan on Lewis]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / c. Empirical foundations

8793	If observation is knowledge, it is not just an experience; it is a justification in the space of reasons [Sellars]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / f. Foundationalism critique

8792	Observations like 'this is green' presuppose truths about what is a reliable symptom of what [Sellars]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / f. Theory theory of concepts

8791	The concept of 'green' involves a battery of other concepts [Sellars]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / b. Fields

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The concept of a field gradually replaced the substances in explaining relations between charges [Einstein/Infeld]