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intensionality, 34–5, 156–7, 172,
174 –5, 229–30, 247
as attitudes to sentences, 34–5,
156–7, 172, 174
intentionality, 93–4, 97, 99, 101, 121,
127, 155–7, 172, 179, 195, 235–6
interpretation, 97, 101, 174 –5, 227
Israeli, Isaac, 189

James, W., 43–4, 47–51, 234 –5
Jerusalem, destruction of, 58, 188
Jesus, life of, 57–8, 66, 80, 185–8, 215
nature of, 54 –6, 79, 86, 143, 148,
183, 186–7, 217
resurrection of, 56–9, 80, 187, 228
Joan of Arc, 45
Josephus, 185
Julius Caesar, 204

Kant, I., 1–3, 64, 80, 134, 218, 235
Kelvin, Lord, 9–11
Kenny, A., 222
Kirk, R., 158
Kneale, W. and M., 42–3
knowing in creating, 239
knowledgea priori, 107
knowledge of world, x, 7, 12, 82–3, 95,
114, 116, 134, 148, 173, 175, 194,
218–19, 232–4
Kripke, S., 203–4, 243
Kuhn, T., 6, 12

La Place, P., 67, 152
language, origin of, 229–30
laws of nature, 13, 21, 24, 26, 28,
37, 45, 50 –4, 61, 69–70, 82, 91,
109–13, 135, 144 –5, 160, 163–5,
175, 205, 208, 210, 218, 241
Leibniz, G., 165
Leslie, J., 7, 14, 19, 23, 26–32, 43, 68,
201, 212–13, 216
Lewis, C.I., 202–3
Lewis, C.S., 68
Lewis, D.K., 38, 41, 157, 201–2
liberty of indifference, 144

life, nature of, 90, 139–41, 225

origin of, 10, 13, 16–19, 66–8, 70,

89–91, 107, 115, 152–3, 155, 171,

178, 214–15, 224 –6

Linde, A., 20 –1, 210

linguistic community, 102–5, 228–30

Locke, J., 235

logos, 105, 182–3, 229

Löwenheim–Skolem theorem, 38

Mackie, J.L., 7

maladaptation, 11, 13, 60, 62, 68–9, 91,

166

Manson, N.A., 211

many universes hypothesis, 17–21,

25–6, 33, 38, 68, 70, 111–15, 163,

165–6, 202, 210

merelyad hoc, 113–15, 210

Mascall, E.L., 68

materialism, 8–10, 82, 90 –1, 96–8,

101–2, 106, 155–7, 173, 213,

227

versus physicalism, 10

possible flaws in, 82, 101–2, 106–8,

116, 151

mathematical necessity, 41–2

mathematical propositions empty, 38–9

mathematics, distinct from logic, 39,

204, 206–7

matter (see also form), 9–10, 12, 131

maximal properties, 33, 199–203, 205

Maxwell, J. Clark, 9

meaning, as interpretation, 174–5

causal theories of, 174

mechanism, 13, 88–9, 91, 95, 108–9,

156, 167

not incompatible with teleology, 13,

224

mental states identified by sentences,

93, 157

mental terms, 85, 98

Mercury, precession of, 53, 56

metaphysical realism, x, 3–4, 6, 77–8,

111, 124, 126, 151, 194 –7,

217–18, 232–5, 237, 239