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All the ideas for 'Content Preservation', 'Necessary Truth' and 'Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science'

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3 ideas

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity

4577	There is no necessity higher than natural necessity, and that is just regularity [Quine]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification

9382	Subjects may be unaware of their epistemic 'entitlements', unlike their 'justifications' [Burge]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

15308

Science is the reduction of diverse forces and powers to a smaller number that explain them [Kant]