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Andrew Gordon and I are working on a book explicating a fairly large theory of commonsense psychology. \u00a0In writing the axioms for the cognitive theories, we used many predicates or concepts from noncognitive background theories. \u00a0 Having completed a first draft of the cognitive theories, we went back and axiomatized the background theories, in what we hope is a spare and coherent style. These theories cover such phenomena as sets, composite entities, scales, change, causality, time, event structure, and so on. \u00a0The sixteen chapters on the background theories are as follows:<\/p>\n

B1. \u00a0Eventualities and their Structure<\/a><\/p>\n

B2. \u00a0Traditional Set Theory<\/a><\/p>\n

B3. \u00a0Substitution, Typical Elements, and Instances<\/a><\/p>\n

B4. \u00a0Logic Reified<\/a><\/p>\n

B5. \u00a0Functions and Sequences<\/a><\/p>\n

B6. \u00a0Composite Entities<\/a><\/p>\n

B7. \u00a0Defeasibility<\/a><\/p>\n

B8. \u00a0Scales<\/a><\/p>\n

B9. \u00a0Arithmetic<\/a><\/p>\n

B10. \u00a0Change of State<\/a><\/p>\n

B11. \u00a0Causality<\/a><\/p>\n

B12. \u00a0Time<\/a><\/p>\n

B13. \u00a0Event Structure<\/a><\/p>\n

B14. \u00a0Space<\/a><\/p>\n

B15. \u00a0Persons<\/a><\/p>\n

B16. \u00a0Modality<\/a><\/p>\n

Appendix on First-Order Logic<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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