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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Explanations', 'Explanatory Coherence' and 'Theory Change and the Indeterminacy of Reference'

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

3570	Maybe knowledge is belief which 'tracks' the truth [Nozick, by Williams,M]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 4. Tracking the Facts

2748	A true belief isn't knowledge if it would be believed even if false. It should 'track the truth' [Nozick, by Dancy,J]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / c. Explanations by coherence

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3: If an analogous pair explain another analogous pair, then they all cohere [Thagard, by Smart]

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1: Coherence is a symmetrical relation between two propositions [Thagard, by Smart]

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4: For coherence, observation reports have a degree of intrinsic acceptability [Thagard, by Smart]

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5: Contradictory propositions incohere [Thagard, by Smart]

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6: A proposition's acceptability depends on its coherence with a system [Thagard, by Smart]

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2: An explanation must wholly cohere internally, and with the new fact [Thagard, by Smart]

19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories

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'Partial reference' is when the subject thinks two objects are one object [Field,H, by Recanati]