Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Science and Method', 'Protocol Sentences' and 'Preface to 'De Revolutionibus''

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry

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One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / f. Foundationalism critique

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If we are rebuilding our ship at sea, we should jettison some cargo [Boolos on Neurath]

8485	We must always rebuild our ship on the open sea; we can't reconstruct it properly in dry-dock [Neurath]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

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Facts should be deducible from the theory and initial conditions, and prefer the simpler theory [Osiander, by Harré/Madden]