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All the ideas for 'Two Problems of Epistemology', 'A Note on the entscheidungsproblem' and 'Homeostasis, Species and Higher Taxa'

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5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 7. Decidability

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Validity is provable, but invalidity isn't, because the model is infinite [Church, by McGee]

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

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Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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The properties of an electron can't be explained just as 'clustering' [Chakravartty on Boyd]

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Properties cluster together, either because of intrinsic relations, or because of an underlying process [Boyd, by Chakravartty]