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All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Properties'', 'The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences' and 'A Theory of Conditionals'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

4037	Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals

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In nearby worlds where A is true, 'if A,B' is true or false if B is true or false [Stalnaker]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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A possible world is the ontological analogue of hypothetical beliefs [Stalnaker]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / d. Consilience

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Consilience is a common groundwork of explanation [Whewell]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

4039	Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver]