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Ideas for 'Natural Kinds', 'On the Notion of Cause' and 'Reflections on my Critics'

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

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Science is common sense, with a sophisticated method [Quine]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

6809	Kuhn came to accept that all scientists agree on a particular set of values [Kuhn, by Bird]

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

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In theory change, words shift their natural reference, so the theories are incommensurable [Kuhn]

14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction

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Induction is just more of the same: animal expectations [Quine]

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Induction relies on similar effects following from each cause [Quine]

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

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Grue is a puzzle because the notions of similarity and kind are dubious in science [Quine]