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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Farewell to Reality: fairytale physics' and 'The Problem of Counterfactual Conditionals'

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

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Counterfactuals are true if logical or natural laws imply the consequence [Goodman, by McFetridge]

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]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / b. Fields

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A 'field' is a property with a magnitude, distributed across all of space and time [Baggott]

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Fields can be 'scalar', or 'vector', or 'tensor', or 'spinor' [Baggott]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / b. Standard model

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The current standard model requires 61 particles [Baggott]