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All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'Brandom on Social Practices and Representations' and 'The Human Body is a sort of Machine'

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3 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 / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes

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A machine is best defined by its final cause, which explains the roles of the parts [Leibniz]