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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Dispositional Modality' and 'Stipulation, Meaning and Apriority'

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

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

2. Reason / D. Definition / 13. Against Definition

9331	How do we determine which of the sentences containing a term comprise its definition? [Horwich]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 1. Types of Modality

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Dispositionality has its own distinctive type of modality [Mumford/Anjum]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori

9333	A priori belief is not necessarily a priori justification, or a priori knowledge [Horwich]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 6. A Priori from Reason

9342	Understanding needs a priori commitment [Horwich]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 8. A Priori as Analytic

9332	Meaning is generated by a priori commitment to truth, not the other way around [Horwich]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 9. A Priori from Concepts

9341	Meanings and concepts cannot give a priori knowledge, because they may be unacceptable [Horwich]

9334	If we stipulate the meaning of 'number' to make Hume's Principle true, we first need Hume's Principle [Horwich]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 10. A Priori as Subjective

9339	A priori knowledge (e.g. classical logic) may derive from the innate structure of our minds [Horwich]

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

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