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Ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'After Virtue: a Study in Moral Theory' and 'Meaning and Reference'

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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity

5818	If water is H2O in the actual world, there is no possible world where it isn't H2O [Putnam]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré]