Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Poetics', 'Structure and Nature' and 'Tonk, Plonk and Plink'

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism

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I apply structuralism to concrete and abstract objects indiscriminately [Quine]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

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My ontology is quarks etc., classes of such things, classes of such classes etc. [Quine]

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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Analytic explanation is wholes in terms of parts; synthetic is parts in terms of wholes or contexts [Belnap]

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]