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All the ideas for 'The Poetics', 'On Relations of Universals and Particulars' and 'Statistical Explanation'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

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General facts supervene on particular facts, but cannot be inferred from them [Russell, by Bennett,K]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes

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Trope theorists cannot explain how tropes resemble each other [Russell, by Mumford]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation

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An explanation is a table of statistical information [Salmon, by Strevens]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

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Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle]