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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Reply to Professor Frankena' and 'Probabilities of Conditionals'

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals

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A conditional probability does not measure the probability of the truth of any proposition [Lewis, by Edgington]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative

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Moral judgements are hypothetical, because they depend on interests and desires [Foot]

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]