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Ideas for 'The Case for Closure', 'How to Define Theoretical Terms' and 'Dispositional Essentialism Grounds Laws of Nature?'

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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment

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Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities [Corry]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 8. Ramsey Sentences

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A Ramsey sentence just asserts that a theory can be realised, without saying by what [Lewis]

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There is a method for defining new scientific terms just using the terms we already understand [Lewis]

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It is better to have one realisation of a theory than many - but it may not always be possible [Lewis]

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The Ramsey sentence of a theory says that it has at least one realisation [Lewis]