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Ideas for 'How the Laws of Physics Lie', 'Reason, Truth and History' and 'thirty titles (lost)'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
If we try to cure the abundance of theories with causal links, this is 'just more theory' [Putnam, by Lewis]
The sentence 'A cat is on a mat' remains always true when 'cat' means cherry and 'mat' means tree [Putnam]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts
A fact is simply what it is rational to accept [Putnam]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism
Causality indicates which properties are real [Cartwright,N]