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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Aspects of Scientific Explanation' and 'On boundary numbers and domains of sets'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / a. Axioms for sets

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Zermelo showed that the ZF axioms in 1930 were non-categorical [Zermelo, by Hallett,M]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / h. Axiom of Replacement VII

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Replacement was added when some advanced theorems seemed to need it [Zermelo, by Maddy]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 3. Antinomies

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The antinomy of endless advance and of completion is resolved in well-ordered transfinite numbers [Zermelo]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 4. Prediction

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Explanatory facts also predict, and predictive facts also explain [Hempel, by Okasha]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

6755	For Hempel, explanations are deductive-nomological or probabilistic-statistical [Hempel, by Bird]

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The covering-law model is for scientific explanation; historical explanation is quite different [Hempel]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Hempel rejects causation as part of explanation [Hempel, by Salmon]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]