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All the ideas for 'Notes on John Wilkins', 'Explanatory Coherence' and 'Symbolic Reasoning'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / b. Empty (Null) Set

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The null class is the class with all the non-existents as its members [MacColl, by Lackey]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences

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Essence is the distinct thinkability of anything [Leibniz]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / c. Explanations by coherence

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2: An explanation must wholly cohere internally, and with the new fact [Thagard, by Smart]

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3: If an analogous pair explain another analogous pair, then they all cohere [Thagard, by Smart]

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1: Coherence is a symmetrical relation between two propositions [Thagard, by Smart]

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4: For coherence, observation reports have a degree of intrinsic acceptability [Thagard, by Smart]

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5: Contradictory propositions incohere [Thagard, by Smart]

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6: A proposition's acceptability depends on its coherence with a system [Thagard, by Smart]