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All the ideas for 'works', 'Commentary on the Sentences' and 'On Copernicanism and Relativity of Motion'

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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 / A. Truth Problems / 8. Subjective Truth

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Choose the true hypothesis, which is the most intelligible one [Leibniz]

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

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

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 12. Essential Parts

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If parts change, the whole changes [William of Ockham]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation

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The Copernican theory is right because it is the only one offering a good explanation [Leibniz]