Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Events and Their Names', 'The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory' and 'Theological and other works'

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6 ideas

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

8978	Events are made of other things, and are not fundamental to ontology [Bennett]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

15312

We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

22137

Observation can force rejection of some part of the initial set of claims [Duhem, by Boulter]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 6. Theory Holism

18197

Experiments only test groups of hypotheses, and can't show which one is wrong [Duhem]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata

10364

Facts are about the world, not in it, so they can't cause anything [Bennett]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter

15311

Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley]