Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Changes in Events and Changes in Things', 'The Logical Structure of the World (Aufbau)' and 'The Problem of Natural Laws'

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5 ideas

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

15201

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

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

18699

Carnap tried to define all scientific predicates in terms of primitive relations, using type theory [Carnap, by Button]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / g. Conceptual atomism

12131

All concepts can be derived from a few basics, making possible one science of everything [Carnap, by Brody]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 3. Laws and Generalities

4800	Natural laws result from eliminative induction, where enumerative induction gives generalisations [Cohen,LJ, by Psillos]

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

22899

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