Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Notice of Fine's 'Limits of Abstraction'' and 'On Perceptions'

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

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If we are dreaming, it is sufficient that the events are coherent, and obey laws [Leibniz]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 4. Prediction

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Successful prediction shows proficiency in nature [Leibniz]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

9141	Abstraction theories build mathematics out of second-order equivalence principles [Cook/Ebert]

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]