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All the ideas for 'Science and Method', 'Philosophy without Intuitions' and 'The Nature of Things'

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9 ideas

2. Reason / E. Argument / 7. Thought Experiments
20183 So-called 'though experiments' are just philosophers observing features of the world [Cappelen]
4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 7. Natural Sets
9406 A class is natural when everybody can spot further members of it [Quinton]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry
10245 One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
15730 Extreme nominalists say all classification is arbitrary convention [Quinton]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties
15728 The naturalness of a class depends as much on the observers as on the objects [Quinton]
9407 Properties imply natural classes which can be picked out by everybody [Quinton]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals
15729 Uninstantiated properties must be defined using the instantiated ones [Quinton]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties
8520 An individual is a union of a group of qualities and a position [Quinton, by Campbell,K]
12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition
20182 The word 'intuitive' often plays not role at all in arguments, and can be removed [Cappelen]