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'fragments/reports', 'The Rationality of Science' and 'Intro to III: Quantifiers'
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 6. Verisimilitude
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Theories generate infinite truths and falsehoods, so they cannot be used to assess probability [Newton-Smith]
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More truthful theories have greater predictive power [Newton-Smith]
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3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 10. Making Future Truths
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The causes of future true events must exist now, so they will happen because of destiny [Chrysippus, by Cicero]
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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 2. Correspondence to Facts
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Graspable presentations are criteria of facts, and are molded according to their objects [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique
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How could you ever know that the presentation is similar to the object? [Sext.Empiricus on Chrysippus]
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