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All the ideas for 'Matter and Memory', 'On Euclidean Geometry' and 'Aspects of Scientific Explanation'

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5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 1. Axiomatisation

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The truth of an axiom must be independently recognisable [Frege]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming

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Bergson was a rallying point, because he emphasised becomings and multiplicities [Bergson, by Deleuze]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory

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Bergson showed that memory is not after the event, but coexists with it [Bergson, by Deleuze]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 4. Prediction

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Explanatory facts also predict, and predictive facts also explain [Hempel, by Okasha]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

6755	For Hempel, explanations are deductive-nomological or probabilistic-statistical [Hempel, by Bird]

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The covering-law model is for scientific explanation; historical explanation is quite different [Hempel]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Hempel rejects causation as part of explanation [Hempel, by Salmon]