Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Science and Method', 'A Priori Knowledge Revisited' and 'Survival and Identity, with postscript'

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 6. Classical Logic

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Classical logic is our preconditions for assessing empirical evidence [Kitcher]

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I believe classical logic because I was taught it and use it, but it could be undermined [Kitcher]

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

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One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality

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De re modal predicates are ambiguous [Lewis, by Rudder Baker]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary

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Many necessities are inexpressible, and unknowable a priori [Kitcher]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 2. A Priori Contingent

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Knowing our own existence is a priori, but not necessary [Kitcher]