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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Structure of Scientific Revolutions (2nd ed)' and 'Identity, Essence and Indiscernibility'

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9 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay

14381

A statue is essentially the statue, but its lump is not essentially a statue, so statue isn't lump [Yablo, by Rocca]

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

18076

Most theories are continually falsified [Kuhn, by Kitcher]

22191

Kuhn's scientists don't aim to falsifying their paradigm, because that is what they rely on [Kuhn, by Gorham]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 4. Paradigm

22183

Switching scientific paradigms is a conversion experience [Kuhn]

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

6162	Kuhn has a description theory of reference, so the reference of 'electron' changes with the descriptions [Rowlands on Kuhn]

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Incommensurability assumes concepts get their meaning from within the theory [Kuhn, by Okasha]

7619	Galileo's notions can't be 'incommensurable' if we can fully describe them [Putnam on Kuhn]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

541	Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

542	Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias]