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AbstractThis chapter develops and strengthens the argument outlined in chapter 3 that there is a connection between idealism and harmony, on the one hand, and between harmony and internalism, on the other hand. In particular, the chapter strengthens the argument outlined earlier that internalism guarantees structural harmony to an argument that internalism guarantees complete harmony, a much stronger notion of harmony. A key aspect of this strengthening is a closer investigation into the notion of an ineffable fact, and what a proper source of ineffability might be. Here it is of special significance whether objects might be a proper source of ineffability, which is argued against. The chapter makes clear how conceptual idealism is compatible with ontological realism, and how we constrain logical space without constructing it.
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