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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Reference and Essence: seven appendices' and 'Law, Pragmatism and Democracy'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / g. Degrees of vagueness

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It can't be indeterminate whether x and y are identical; if x,y is indeterminate, then it isn't x,x [Salmon,N]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / a. Direct reference

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Kripke and Putnam made false claims that direct reference implies essentialism [Salmon,N]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / a. Nature of democracy

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Democracy is competition for support of the people, guided by self-interest on all sides [Posner]