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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Realism' and 'Philosophy of Natural Science'

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4 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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Dummett saw realism as acceptance of bivalence, rather than of mind-independent entities [Dummett, by Potter]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

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Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]