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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Explanations', 'Theological and other works' and 'Elements of Intuitionism (2nd ed)'

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5 ideas

4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 2. Intuitionist Logic

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Mathematical statements and entities that result from an infinite process must lack a truth-value [Dummett]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

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We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

3570	Maybe knowledge is belief which 'tracks' the truth [Nozick, by Williams,M]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 4. Tracking the Facts

2748	A true belief isn't knowledge if it would be believed even if false. It should 'track the truth' [Nozick, by Dancy,J]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter

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Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley]