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All the ideas for 'The Epistemology of Modality', 'The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge' and 'works'

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5 ideas

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
19440 How do you know you have conceived a thing deeply enough to assess its possibility? [Vaidya]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism
8824 No one has defended translational phenomenalism since Ayer in 1940 [Ayer, by Kim]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
22363 You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
15251 The attribution of necessity to causation is either primitive animism, or confusion with logical necessity [Ayer]
27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / a. Energy
20644 Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin]