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All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'Brandom on Social Practices and Representations' and 'Letter to the Editor about Bayle'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

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If we can't check our language against experience, philosophy is just comparing beliefs and words [Rorty]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

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

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

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In addition to laws, God must also create appropriate natures for things [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

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All that is real in motion is the force or power which produces change [Leibniz]