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All the ideas for 'Two Problems of Epistemology', 'On the Very Idea of a Third Dogma' and 'Gdel's Proof'

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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]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / b. Human rationality

9591	The human intellect has not been, and cannot be, fully formalized [Nagel/Newman]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / a. Translation

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Translation is too flimsy a notion to support theories of cultural incommensurability [Quine]