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All the ideas for 'works', 'Summa quaestionum super Sententias' and 'The Scientific Image'

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7 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]

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations

16659

Relations do not add anything to reality, though they are real aspects of the world [Olivi]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

16673

Quantity just adds union and location to the extension of parts [Olivi]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance

23900

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

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

23899

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

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 5. Species

16663

Things are limited by the species to certain modes of being [Olivi]