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Ideas for 'The Sign of Four', 'Science without Numbers' and 'Ways of Worldmaking'

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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 3. Instrumentalism

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Users of digital thermometers recognise no temperatures in the gaps [Goodman]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability

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We lack frames of reference to transform physics, biology and psychology into one another [Goodman]

14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction

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If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird [Conan Doyle]

14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem

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Grue and green won't be in the same world, as that would block induction entirely [Goodman]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation

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Beneath every extrinsic explanation there is an intrinsic explanation [Field,H]