Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Changes in Events and Changes in Things', 'works' and 'On Probability and Induction'

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5 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

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Contextual values are acceptable in research, but not in its final evaluation [Reichenbach, by Reiss/Sprenger]

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]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / b. Heat

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Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule]

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Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau]

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]