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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Essay on Probability', 'Scattered Objects' and 'Realism and Anti-Realism'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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Metaphysical realists are committed to all unambiguous statements being true or not true [Dummett]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / a. Scattered objects

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Clearly a pipe can survive being taken apart [Cartwright,R]

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Bodies don't becomes scattered by losing small or minor parts [Cartwright,R]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

7458	The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism

3441	If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace]