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All the ideas for 'Introduction to Russell's Theory of Types', 'Scientific Thought' and 'Dialogue on Things and Words'

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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

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True and false seem to pertain to thoughts, yet unthought propositions seem to be true or false [Leibniz]

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Truth is a characteristic of possible thoughts [Leibniz]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / p. Axiom of Reducibility

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The Axiom of Reducibility is self-effacing: if true, it isn't needed [Quine]

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

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A thing is simply a long event, linked by qualities, and spatio-temporal unity [Broad]

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If short-lived happenings like car crashes are 'events', why not long-lived events like Dover Cliffs? [Broad]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / g. Growing block

8160	The present and past exist, but the future does not [Broad, by Dummett]

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We could say present and past exist, but not future, so that each event adds to the total history [Broad]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / d. Time series

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We imagine the present as a spotlight, moving across events from past to future [Broad]