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All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'Against Method' and 'Principles of Theoretical Logic'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science

6601	Science rules the globe because of colonising power, not inherent rationality [Feyerabend]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

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

4. Formal Logic / C. Predicate Calculus PC / 1. Predicate Calculus PC

17750

The first clear proof of the consistency of the first order predicate logic was in 1928 [Hilbert/Ackermann, by Walicki]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 6. Theory Holism

2561	For Feyerabend the meaning of a term depends on a whole theory [Feyerabend, by Rorty]