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All the ideas for 'Cosmic Apprentice', 'The Philosophy of Leibniz' and 'Explanatory Coherence'

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis
7529 All philosophy should begin with an analysis of propositions [Russell]
1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
16567 Scientists know everything about nothing, philosophers nothing about everything [Sagan,D]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / c. Explanations by coherence
17065 2: An explanation must wholly cohere internally, and with the new fact [Thagard, by Smart]
17066 3: If an analogous pair explain another analogous pair, then they all cohere [Thagard, by Smart]
17064 1: Coherence is a symmetrical relation between two propositions [Thagard, by Smart]
17067 4: For coherence, observation reports have a degree of intrinsic acceptability [Thagard, by Smart]
17068 5: Contradictory propositions incohere [Thagard, by Smart]
17069 6: A proposition's acceptability depends on its coherence with a system [Thagard, by Smart]