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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Knowledge by Acquaintance and Description-1' and 'Explanatory Coherence'

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9 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals

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We know a universal in 'yellow differs from blue' or 'yellow resembles blue less than green does' [Russell]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / d. Sense-data problems

8854	My 'acquaintance' with sense-data is nothing like my knowing New York [Williams,M on Russell]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / c. Explanations by coherence

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3: If an analogous pair explain another analogous pair, then they all cohere [Thagard, by Smart]

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1: Coherence is a symmetrical relation between two propositions [Thagard, by Smart]

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4: For coherence, observation reports have a degree of intrinsic acceptability [Thagard, by Smart]

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5: Contradictory propositions incohere [Thagard, by Smart]

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6: A proposition's acceptability depends on its coherence with a system [Thagard, by Smart]

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2: An explanation must wholly cohere internally, and with the new fact [Thagard, by Smart]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]