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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Specimen inventorum' and 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd edn)'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / b. Seventeenth century philosophy

2945	Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis

2946	You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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The cause of a change is not the real influence, but whatever gives a reason for the change [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré]