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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Positivism and Realism' and 'English as a Formal Language'

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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics

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The empiricist says that metaphysics is meaningless, rather than false [Schlick]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions

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'The' is a quantifier, like 'every' and 'a', and does not result in denotation [Montague]

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]