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Ideas for 'Ways of Worldmaking', 'Capital Vol. 3' and 'Pragmatism - eight lectures'

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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science

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Theories are practical tools for progress, not answers to enigmas [James]

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

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True thoughts are just valuable instruments of action [James]

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Pragmatism says all theories are instrumental - that is, mental modes of adaptation to reality [James]

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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 / 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]