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All the ideas for 'Power/Knowledge', 'Reflections on my Critics' and 'On Mental Entities'

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6 ideas

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth

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'Truth' may only apply within a theory [Kuhn]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / d. Sense-data problems

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Sense-data are dubious abstractions, with none of the plausibility of tables [Quine]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 4. Pro-Empiricism

21685

Empiricism says evidence rests on the senses, but that insight is derived from science [Quine]

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

6809	Kuhn came to accept that all scientists agree on a particular set of values [Kuhn, by Bird]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability

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In theory change, words shift their natural reference, so the theories are incommensurable [Kuhn]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 1. Social Power

8991	Foucault can't accept that power is sometimes decent and benign [Foucault, by Scruton]