Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'The Principles of Chemistry' and 'Making It Explicit'

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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 2. Correspondence to Facts

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Facts can't make claims true, because they are true claims [Brandom, by Kusch]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter

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Mendeleev saw three principles in nature: matter, force and spirit (where the latter seems to be essence) [Mendeleev, by Scerri]

27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 2. Modern Elements

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Elements don't survive in compounds, but the 'substance' of the element does [Mendeleev]

27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 3. Periodic Table

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Mendeleev focused on abstract elements, not simple substances, so he got to their essence [Mendeleev, by Scerri]

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Mendeleev had a view of elements which allowed him to overlook some conflicting observations [Mendeleev]