Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Archimedes, Charles Sanders Peirce and Hilary Putnam

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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 2. Demonstration
19243 If each inference slightly reduced our certainty, science would soon be in trouble [Peirce]
14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 4. Prediction
18960 Most predictions are uninteresting, and are only sought in order to confirm a theory [Putnam]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
19225 I classify science by level of abstraction; principles derive from above, and data from below [Peirce]
14766 Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science
17508 Science aims at truth, not at 'simplicity' [Putnam]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 3. Instrumentalism
14204 Naïve operationalism would have meanings change every time the tests change [Putnam]
14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction
19234 'Induction' doesn't capture Greek 'epagoge', which is singulars in a mass producing the general [Peirce]
14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction
19235 How does induction get started? [Peirce]
19236 Induction can never prove that laws have no exceptions [Peirce]
19251 The worst fallacy in induction is generalising one recondite property from a sample [Peirce]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation
14790 'Abduction' is beginning a hypothesis, particularly if it includes preference of one explanation over others [Peirce]
14791 Abduction involves original suggestions, and not just the testing involved in induction [Peirce]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 4. Explanation Doubts / a. Explanation as pragmatic
17084 You can't decide which explanations are good if you don't attend to the interest-relative aspects [Putnam]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 4. Explanation Doubts / b. Rejecting explanation
19222 Men often answer inner 'whys' by treating unconscious instincts as if they were reasons [Peirce]