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All the ideas for 'Explaining the A Priori', 'works' and 'Consistency and realism (with 1972 note)'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science

6782	Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

22181

Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / a. Origin of concepts

17722

The concept 'red' is tied to what actually individuates red things [Peacocke]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism

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We tolerate inconsistency in ethics but not in other beliefs (which reflect an independent order) [Williams,B, by Foot]