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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Aspects of Scientific Explanation' and 'The Pragmatist Account of Truth'

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9 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction

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Man has an intense natural interest in the consistency of his own thinking [James]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / c. Facts and truths

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Realities just are, and beliefs are true of them [James]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism

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We find satisfaction in consistency of all of our beliefs, perceptions and mental connections [James]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 4. Prediction

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Explanatory facts also predict, and predictive facts also explain [Hempel, by Okasha]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

6755	For Hempel, explanations are deductive-nomological or probabilistic-statistical [Hempel, by Bird]

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The covering-law model is for scientific explanation; historical explanation is quite different [Hempel]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Hempel rejects causation as part of explanation [Hempel, by Salmon]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

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Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure

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Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]