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Ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'Apriority as an Evaluative Notion' and 'The View from Nowhere'

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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 6. A Priori from Reason
9160 Lots of propositions are default reasonable, but the a priori ones are empirically indefeasible [Field,H]
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 7. A Priori from Convention
9164 We treat basic rules as if they were indefeasible and a priori, with no interest in counter-evidence [Field,H]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / b. Primary/secondary
3249 Modern science depends on the distinction between primary and secondary qualities [Nagel]
22429 We achieve objectivity by dropping secondary qualities, to focus on structural primary qualities [Nagel]