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All the ideas for 'Merely Possible Propositions', 'Popular Scientific Lectures' and 'De modo distinguendi phaenomena'

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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

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Laws of nature are just records of regularities and correlations, with concepts to make recording them easier [Mach, by Harré]

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

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If experience is just a dream, it is still real enough if critical reason is never deceived [Leibniz]

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The strongest criterion that phenomena show reality is success in prediction [Leibniz]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects

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Predicates can't apply to what doesn't exist [Stalnaker]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / e. Primary/secondary critique

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Light, heat and colour are apparent qualities, and so are motion, figure and extension [Leibniz]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

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A 'Russellian proposition' is an ordered sequence of individual, properties and relations [Stalnaker]