Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Seneca the Younger and Kit Fine
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation
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We explain by identity (what it is), or by truth (how things are) [Fine,K]
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To the four causes Plato adds a fifth, the idea which guided the event [Seneca]
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Is there metaphysical explanation (as well as causal), involving a constitutive form of determination? [Fine,K]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction
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Grounding is an explanation of truth, and needs all the virtues of good explanations [Fine,K]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation
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Ultimate explanations are in 'grounds', which account for other truths, which hold in virtue of the grounding [Fine,K]
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