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Remember that the final test will be all short answer, but I will expect you to flesh out your short answers, i.e. say something significant about the terms that go beyond a simple definition (some will still be longer than others, but no more than half a page or so at most). I have **boldfaced** the topics you should definitely expect.

real vs. nominal essence primary vs. secondary properties direct knowledge of objects ideaism causal realism idealism protocol statements semantic instrumentalism correspondence/pragmatic/coherence theories of truth superempirical virtues covering law model of explanation causal theory of explanation (what it means) to refer causal theory of reference conjectural realism structural realism NOA
 * metaphysical/semantic/epistemological commitments to scientific realism**
 * the (logicial) empiricist criterion of meaning**
 * weak and strong underdetermination**
 * the observable/unobservable distinction**
 * constructive empiricism**
 * inference to the best explanation (IBE)**
 * the no-miracles argument**
 * pessimistic meta-induction**