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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Epistemic and Metaphysical Possibility' and 'The Will to Believe'

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4 ideas

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity

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Logical necessity is epistemic necessity, which is the old notion of a priori [Edgington, by McFetridge]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 4. Unfairness

6570	Imagine millions made happy on condition that one person suffers endless lonely torture [James]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]