Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Extrinsic Properties', 'The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences' and 'Testability and Meaning'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties

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Being alone doesn't guarantee intrinsic properties; 'being alone' is itself extrinsic [Lewis, by Sider]

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Extrinsic properties come in degrees, with 'brother' less extrinsic than 'sibling' [Lewis]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties

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Total intrinsic properties give us what a thing is [Lewis]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals

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In the truth-functional account a burnt-up match was soluble because it never entered water [Carnap]

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

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Consilience is a common groundwork of explanation [Whewell]