Ideas from 'Fact, Fiction and Forecast (4th ed)' by Nelson Goodman [1954], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Fact, Fiction and Forecast (4th ed)' by Goodman,Nelson [Harvard 1983,0-674-29071-2]].

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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 4. Logic by Convention

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If the result is bad, we change the rule; if we like the rule, we reject the result

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions

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Dispositions seem more ethereal than behaviour; a non-occult account of them would be nice

14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem

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Goodman argued that the confirmation relation can never be formalised [Horsten/Pettigrew]

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Goodman showed that every sound inductive argument has an unsound one of the same form [Putnam]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 3. Laws and Generalities

4794	We don't use laws to make predictions, we call things laws if we make predictions with them