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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'The Analysis of Matter' and 'Syntactic Structure'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

291	Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / c. Category mistake as semantic

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Chomsky established the view that category mistakes are well-formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / b. Events as primitive

6402	In 1927, Russell analysed force and matter in terms of events [Russell, by Grayling]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects

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A perceived physical object is events grouped around a centre [Russell]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / e. Substance critique

14733

An object produces the same percepts with or without a substance, so that is irrelevant to science [Russell]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

6418	Russell rejected phenomenalism because it couldn't account for causal relations [Russell, by Grayling]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax

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Syntax is independent of semantics; sentences can be well formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage

293	Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter

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At first matter is basic and known by sense-data; later Russell says matter is constructed [Russell, by Linsky,B]