Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Leibniz: Guide for the Perplexed', 'Expositio super viii libros' and 'The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory'

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6 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

19347

Substance needs independence, unity, and stability (for individuation); also it is a subject, for predicates [Perkins]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

9089	Knowledge is a quality existing subjectively in the soul [William of Ockham]

9091	Sometimes 'knowledge' just concerns the conclusion, sometimes the whole demonstration [William of Ockham]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

9090	Knowledge is certain cognition of something that is true [William of Ockham]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

22137

Observation can force rejection of some part of the initial set of claims [Duhem, by Boulter]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 6. Theory Holism

18197

Experiments only test groups of hypotheses, and can't show which one is wrong [Duhem]