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All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'Space, Knowledge and Power (interview)' and 'The Dappled World'

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3 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy

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The big issue since the eighteenth century has been: what is Reason? Its effect, limits and dangers? [Foucault]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

9355	One sort of circularity presupposes a premise, the other presupposes a rule being used [Braithwaite, by Devitt]

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

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Theories can never represent accurately, because their components are abstract [Cartwright,N, by Portides]