Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Entity and Identity'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

8658	For there was never yet philosopher/ That could endure the toothache patiently [Shakespeare]

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]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / b. Need for abstracta

16980

We need a logical use of 'object' as predicate-worthy, and an 'ontological' use [Strawson,P]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

16979

It makes no sense to ask of some individual thing what it is that makes it that individual [Strawson,P]