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All the ideas for 'Changes in Events and Changes in Things', 'Difficulties of Transfinite Numbers and Types' and 'On Copernicanism and Relativity of Motion'

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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 8. Subjective Truth

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Choose the true hypothesis, which is the most intelligible one [Leibniz]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / d. Predicativism

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We need rules for deciding which norms are predicative (unless none of them are) [Russell]

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'Predicative' norms are those which define a class [Russell]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact

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That Queen Anne is dead is a 'general fact', not a fact about Queen Anne [Prior,AN]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation

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The Copernican theory is right because it is the only one offering a good explanation [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series

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'Thank goodness that's over' is not like 'thank goodness that happened on Friday' [Prior,AN]