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All the ideas for 'The Inference to the Best Explanation', 'At the Existentialist Caf' and 'Go Figure: a Path through Fictionalism'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 2. Phenomenology

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Later phenomenologists tried hard to incorporate social relationships [Bakewell]

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Phenomenology begins from the immediate, rather than from axioms and theories [Bakewell]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

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Fictionalism allows that simulated beliefs may be tracking real facts [Yablo]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions

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Governing possible worlds theory is the fiction that if something is possible, it happens in a world [Yablo]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation

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Best Explanation is the core notion of epistemology [Harman, by Smart]