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All the ideas for 'Scientific Realism', 'The Sign of Four' and 'The Logical Form of Action Sentences'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events

7771	We need 'events' to explain adverbs, which are adjectival predicates of events [Davidson, by Lycan]

8860	Language-learning is not good enough evidence for the existence of events [Yablo on Davidson]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories

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If the best theory of adverbs refers to events, then our ontology should include events [Davidson, by Sider]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties

14933

Scientific properties are defined by the laws that embody them [Psillos, by Ladyman/Ross]

14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction

22200

If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird [Conan Doyle]