Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'Events and Semantic Architecture' and 'The Scientific Image'

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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]

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

22181

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

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance

23900

Chance is compatible with necessity, and the two occur together [Weil]

19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference

21650

No language is semantically referential; it all occurs at the level of thought or utterance [Pietroski, by Hofweber]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty

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The secret of art is that beauty is a just blend of unity and its opposite [Weil]