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All the ideas for 'poems', 'Reply to Fifth Objections' and 'Go Figure: a Path through Fictionalism'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism
19494 Fictionalism allows that simulated beliefs may be tracking real facts [Yablo]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
3626 Knowing the attributes is enough to reveal a substance [Descartes]
10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions
19493 Governing possible worlds theory is the fiction that if something is possible, it happens in a world [Yablo]
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / a. Innate knowledge
3630 Our thinking about external things doesn't disprove the existence of innate ideas [Descartes]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts
3631 A blind man may still contain the idea of colour [Descartes]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
6017 Nomos is king [Pindar]
28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
3639 Necessary existence is a property which is uniquely part of God's essence [Descartes]
3640 Possible existence is a perfection in the idea of a triangle [Descartes]