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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Events and Semantic Architecture' and 'The Method of Truth in Metaphysics'

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16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 1. Existence of Persons

4042	Metaphysics requires the idea of people (speakers) located in space and time [Davidson]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

4041	Sentences held true determine the meanings of the words they contain [Davidson]

19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference

21650

No language is semantically referential; it all occurs at the level of thought or utterance [Pietroski, by Hofweber]

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]