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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Criterion of Validity in Reasoning' and 'The Empirical Stance'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

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Philosophy is a value- and attitude-driven enterprise [Fraassen]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics

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Is it likely that a successful, coherent, explanatory ontological hypothesis is true? [Fraassen]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis

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Analytic philosophy has an exceptional arsenal of critical tools [Fraassen]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

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I reason in order to avoid disappointment and surprise [Peirce]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

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We may end up with a huge theory of carefully constructed falsehoods [Fraassen]

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 1. Redundant Truth

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That a judgement is true and that we judge it true are quite different things [Peirce]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

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Only study logic if you think your own reasoning is deficient [Peirce]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

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Facts are hard unmoved things, unaffected by what people may think of them [Peirce]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / c. Against best explanation

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Inference to best explanation contains all sorts of hidden values [Fraassen]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 4. Explanation Doubts / a. Explanation as pragmatic

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We accept many scientific theories without endorsing them as true [Fraassen]

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

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