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All the ideas for 'The Sense of Reality', 'The Logical Structure of the World (Aufbau)' and 'On the Nature of Moral Values'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 1. History of Ideas

7460	The great moments are the death of Aristotle, Machiavelli, and Romanticism [Berlin, by Watson]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

21750

Science is sympathetic to truth as correspondence, since it depends on observation [Quine]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

18699

Carnap tried to define all scientific predicates in terms of primitive relations, using type theory [Carnap, by Button]

14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction

21748

More careful inductions gradually lead to the hypothetico-deductive method [Quine]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / g. Conceptual atomism

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All concepts can be derived from a few basics, making possible one science of everything [Carnap, by Brody]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value

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Altruistic values concern other persons, and ceremonial values concern practices [Quine]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

21751

Love seems to diminish with distance from oneself [Quine]