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All the ideas for 'What Price Bivalence?', 'The Problem of Counterfactual Conditionals' and 'Letters to Johann Bernoulli'

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7 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 1. Bivalence

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Bivalence applies not just to sentences, but that general terms are true or false of each object [Quine]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

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A piece of flint contains something resembling perceptions and appetites [Leibniz]

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Entelechies are analogous to souls, as other minds are analogous to our own minds [Leibniz]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

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Terms learned by ostension tend to be vague, because that must be quick and unrefined [Quine]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

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Counterfactuals are true if logical or natural laws imply the consequence [Goodman, by McFetridge]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / c. Possible but inconceivable

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What we cannot imagine may still exist [Leibniz]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death

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Death is just the contraction of an animal [Leibniz]