Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Ethics without Principles' and 'The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge'

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4 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

8824	No one has defended translational phenomenalism since Ayer in 1940 [Ayer, by Kim]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value

18681

The base for values has grounds, catalysts and intensifiers [Dancy,J, by Orsi]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

15251

The attribution of necessity to causation is either primitive animism, or confusion with logical necessity [Ayer]

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

15877

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