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| 12394 | If the result is bad, we change the rule; if we like the rule, we reject the result [Goodman] |
| 17611 | We want the essence of continuity, by showing its origin in arithmetic [Dedekind] |
| 10572 | A cut between rational numbers creates and defines an irrational number [Dedekind] |
| 17612 | Arithmetic is just the consequence of counting, which is the successor operation [Dedekind] |
| 18087 | If x changes by less and less, it must approach a limit [Dedekind] |
| 14292 | Dispositions seem more ethereal than behaviour; a non-occult account of them would be nice [Goodman] |
| 18749 | Goodman argued that the confirmation relation can never be formalised [Goodman, by Horsten/Pettigrew] |
| 17646 | Goodman showed that every sound inductive argument has an unsound one of the same form [Goodman, by Putnam] |
| 14586 | Physical causation consists in transference of conserved quantities [Dowe, by Mumford/Anjum] |
| 4787 | Causation interaction is an exchange of conserved quantities, such as mass, energy or charge [Dowe, by Psillos] |
| 4794 | We don't use laws to make predictions, we call things laws if we make predictions with them [Goodman] |
| 4788 | Dowe commends the Conserved Quantity theory as it avoids mention of counterfactuals [Dowe, by Psillos] |