Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Brian Ellis and Fraser MacBride

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / c. Explanations by coherence

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Good explanations unify [Ellis]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / f. Necessity in explanations

5484	Essentialists don't infer from some to all, but from essences to necessary behaviour [Ellis]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Explanations of particular events are not essentialist, as they don't reveal essential structures [Ellis]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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To give essentialist explanations there have to be natural kinds [Ellis]