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All the ideas for 'Classical Cosmology (frags)', 'Languages of Art (2nd edn)' and 'Statistical Explanation'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation
14366 An explanation is a table of statistical information [Salmon, by Strevens]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 1. Defining Art
20440 Art is a referential activity, hence indefinable, but it has a set of symptoms [Goodman]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 5. Art as Language
20439 Artistic symbols are judged by the fruitfulness of their classifications [Goodman, by Giovannelli]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 7. Ontology of Art
20438 A performance is only an instance of a work if there is not a single error [Goodman]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 2. Copies of Art
20437 A copy only becomes an 'instance' of an artwork if there is a system of notation [Goodman]
27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology
5994 Is the cosmos open or closed, mechanical or teleological, alive or inanimate, and created or eternal? [Robinson,TM, by PG]