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All the ideas for 'The Poetics', 'In Defence of Convention T' and 'Metaphysical Foundations of Mathematics'

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4 ideas

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle]
19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 5. Fregean Semantics
A theory of meaning comes down to translating sentences into Fregean symbolic logic [Davidson, by Macey]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature
Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow
When one element contains the grounds of the other, the first one is prior in time [Leibniz]