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All the ideas for 'reports', 'The Logic of Decision' and 'Facts and Propositions'

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5 ideas

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 1. Redundant Truth

3750	"It is true that x" means no more than x [Ramsey]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions

16285

A possible world can be seen as a complete and consistent novel [Jeffrey]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

19155

Instead of gambling, Jeffrey made the objects of Bayesian preference to be propositions [Jeffrey, by Davidson]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / c. Meaning by Role

18818

Sentence meaning is given by the actions to which it would lead [Ramsey]