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All the ideas for 'Lectures on the History of Philosophy', 'Does Conceivability Entail Possibility?' and 'Structure of Scientific Revolutions (2nd ed)'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Philosophy is the conceptual essence of the shape of history [Hegel]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible

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Modal Rationalism: conceivability gives a priori access to modal truths [Chalmers, by Stalnaker]

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Evaluate primary possibility from some world, and secondary possibility from this world [Chalmers, by Vaidya]

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

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Most theories are continually falsified [Kuhn, by Kitcher]

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Kuhn's scientists don't aim to falsifying their paradigm, because that is what they rely on [Kuhn, by Gorham]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 4. Paradigm

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Switching scientific paradigms is a conversion experience [Kuhn]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability

6162	Kuhn has a description theory of reference, so the reference of 'electron' changes with the descriptions [Rowlands on Kuhn]

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Incommensurability assumes concepts get their meaning from within the theory [Kuhn, by Okasha]

7619	Galileo's notions can't be 'incommensurable' if we can fully describe them [Putnam on Kuhn]