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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences' and 'A Dictionary of Philosophy'

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory

6455	Maybe 'sense-data' just help us to talk about unusual perceptual situations [Lacey]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / b. Nature of sense-data

6454	Where do sense-data begin or end? Can they change? What sort of thing are they? [Lacey]

6453	Some claim sense-data are public, and are parts of objects [Lacey]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / d. Consilience

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Consilience is a common groundwork of explanation [Whewell]