Combining Philosophers

Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Alasdair MacIntyre and Heraclitus

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

8057	Unpredictability doesn't entail inexplicability, and predictability doesn't entail explicability [MacIntyre]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

8054	Social sciences discover no law-like generalisations, and tend to ignore counterexamples [MacIntyre]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

20653

Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson]