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All the ideas for '', 'The Bacchae' and 'Three theses about dispositions'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

9283	Our ancient beliefs can never be overthrown by subtle arguments [Euripides]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 1. Overview of Logic

11211

If a sound conclusion comes from two errors that cancel out, the path of the argument must matter [Rumfitt]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives

11210

Standardly 'and' and 'but' are held to have the same sense by having the same truth table [Rumfitt]

11212

The sense of a connective comes from primitively obvious rules of inference [Rumfitt]

17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 2. Potential Behaviour

7435	Dispositions are second-order properties, the property of having some property [Jackson/Pargetter/Prior, by Armstrong]

19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial

11214

We learn 'not' along with affirmation, by learning to either affirm or deny a sentence [Rumfitt]