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All the ideas for 'The Origin of the Work of Art', 'Explanatory Coherence' and 'Letters to Foucher'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

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Later Heidegger sees philosophy as more like poetry than like science [Heidegger, by Polt]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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Essence is primitive force, or a law of change [Leibniz]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / c. Explanations by coherence

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1: Coherence is a symmetrical relation between two propositions [Thagard, by Smart]

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2: An explanation must wholly cohere internally, and with the new fact [Thagard, by Smart]

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3: If an analogous pair explain another analogous pair, then they all cohere [Thagard, by Smart]

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4: For coherence, observation reports have a degree of intrinsic acceptability [Thagard, by Smart]

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5: Contradictory propositions incohere [Thagard, by Smart]

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6: A proposition's acceptability depends on its coherence with a system [Thagard, by Smart]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

2117	The connection in events enables us to successfully predict the future, so there must be a constant cause [Leibniz]