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All the ideas for 'The Doctrine of Necessity Examined', 'Autobiography' and 'Ancient Thought in Modern Physics'

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6 ideas

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance
14804 Is chance just unknown laws? But the laws operate the same, whatever chance occurs [Peirce]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction
6552 You can only explain the qualities of large objects using entities which lack those qualities [Heisenberg]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
14805 Is there any such thing as death among the lower organisms? [Peirce]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
7076 Mill wondered if he would be happy if all his aims were realised, and answered no [Mill, by Critchley]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory
14806 If the world is just mechanical, its whole specification has no more explanation than mere chance [Peirce]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature
14803 The more precise the observations, the less reliable appear to be the laws of nature [Peirce]