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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Letters to Russell' and 'The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

7085	The main problem of philosophy is what can and cannot be thought and expressed [Wittgenstein, by Grayling]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / d. Logical atoms

23463

Atomic facts correspond to true elementary propositions [Wittgenstein]

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

22137

Observation can force rejection of some part of the initial set of claims [Duhem, by Boulter]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 6. Theory Holism

18197

Experiments only test groups of hypotheses, and can't show which one is wrong [Duhem]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions

23490

A thought is mental constituents that relate to reality as words do [Wittgenstein]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / c. Ultimate substances

22745

Pherecydes said the first principle and element is earth [Pherecydes, by Sext.Empiricus]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

5883	Pherecydes was the first to say that the soul is eternal [Pherecydes, by Cicero]