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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Problem of Counterfactual Conditionals' and 'The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory'

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5 ideas

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

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Counterfactuals are true if logical or natural laws imply the consequence [Goodman, by McFetridge]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

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Observation can force rejection of some part of the initial set of claims [Duhem, by Boulter]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 6. Theory Holism

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Experiments only test groups of hypotheses, and can't show which one is wrong [Duhem]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / d. Location of mind

5987	Alcmaeon was the first to say the brain is central to thinking [Alcmaeon, by Staden, von]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul

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Soul must be immortal, since it continually moves, like the heavens [Alcmaeon, by Aristotle]