Ideas from 'Ways of Worldmaking' by Nelson Goodman [1978], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Ways of Worldmaking' by Goodman,Nelson [Hackett 1984,0-915144-51-4]].

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Without words or other symbols, we have no world

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

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Truth is irrelevant if no statements are involved

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence

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Being primitive or prior always depends on a constructional system

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / d. Humean supervenience

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We don't recognise patterns - we invent them

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality

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Reality is largely a matter of habit

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

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We build our world, and ignore anything that won't fit

7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism

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A world can be full of variety or not, depending on how we sort it

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity

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Things can only be judged the 'same' by citing some respect of sameness

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism

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Discovery is often just finding a fit, like a jigsaw puzzle

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 3. Instrumentalism

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Users of digital thermometers recognise no temperatures in the gaps

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability

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We lack frames of reference to transform physics, biology and psychology into one another

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

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Grue and green won't be in the same world, as that would block induction entirely

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

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If the world is one it has many aspects, and if there are many worlds they will collect into one