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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Dialogue on Things and Words' and 'The Logic of Decision'

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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

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Truth is a characteristic of possible thoughts [Leibniz]

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True and false seem to pertain to thoughts, yet unthought propositions seem to be true or false [Leibniz]

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

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A possible world can be seen as a complete and consistent novel [Jeffrey]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

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Instead of gambling, Jeffrey made the objects of Bayesian preference to be propositions [Jeffrey, by Davidson]

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]