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All the ideas for 'From Stimulus to Science', 'The New Organon' and 'Models and Reality'

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8 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction

6564	To affirm 'p and not-p' is to have mislearned 'and' or 'not' [Quine]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / o. Axiom of Constructibility V = L

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The Löwenheim-Skolem theorems show that whether all sets are constructible is indeterminate [Putnam, by Shapiro]

9915	V = L just says all sets are constructible [Putnam]

5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 3. Löwenheim-Skolem Theorems

9913	The Löwenheim-Skolem Theorem is close to an antinomy in philosophy of language [Putnam]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / a. Mathematical empiricism

9914	It is unfashionable, but most mathematical intuitions come from nature [Putnam]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism

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Only individual bodies exist [Bacon]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / c. Form as causal

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There are only individual bodies containing law-based powers, and the Forms are these laws [Bacon]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science

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Science must clear away the idols of the mind if they are ever going to find the truth [Bacon]