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All the ideas for 'Resemblance Nominalism: a solution to universals', 'Explanatory Coherence' and 'Teplitz Fragments'

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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism
18436 Entities are truthmakers for their resemblances, so no extra entities or 'resemblances' are needed [Rodriquez-Pereyra]
12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique
19590 Empiricists are passive thinkers, given their philosophy by the external world and fate [Novalis]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / c. Explanations by coherence
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]
17065 2: An explanation must wholly cohere internally, and with the new fact [Thagard, by Smart]