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All the ideas for 'Necessary Existents', 'Infinitism not solution to regress problem' and 'The Empirical Stance'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

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Philosophy is a value- and attitude-driven enterprise [Fraassen]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics

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Is it likely that a successful, coherent, explanatory ontological hypothesis is true? [Fraassen]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis

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Analytic philosophy has an exceptional arsenal of critical tools [Fraassen]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

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We may end up with a huge theory of carefully constructed falsehoods [Fraassen]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / a. Justification issues

8836	Must all justification be inferential? [Ginet]

8837	Inference cannot originate justification, it can only transfer it from premises to conclusion [Ginet]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / c. Against best explanation

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Inference to best explanation contains all sorts of hidden values [Fraassen]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 4. Explanation Doubts / a. Explanation as pragmatic

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We accept many scientific theories without endorsing them as true [Fraassen]

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

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Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]