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All the ideas for 'works', 'Truth, Correspondence, Explanation and Knowledge' and 'Symbolic Reasoning'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science

6782	Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 1. For Truthmakers

18487

We want to know what makes sentences true, rather than defining 'true' [McFetridge]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / b. Empty (Null) Set

21548

The null class is the class with all the non-existents as its members [MacColl, by Lackey]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

22181

Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

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We normally explain natural events by citing further facts [McFetridge]