Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory' and 'The Wealth of Nations'

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5 ideas

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]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism

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People prepare our dinner from their own self-interest, not from humanity [Smith,A]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

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Unlike us, the early Greeks thought envy was a good thing, and hope a bad thing [Hesiod, by Nietzsche]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism

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Selfish profit-seeking increases collective wealth, so greed is good, and egoism is altruism [Smith,A, by Harari]