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Ideas of Mark Steiner, by Text
[American, fl. 2007, At Columbia University, then Professor at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.]
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1978
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Mathematical Explanation
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p.32
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p.32
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Maybe an instance of a generalisation is more explanatory than the particular case
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p.34
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p.34
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Explanatory proofs rest on 'characterizing properties' of entities or structure
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p.36
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p.36
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Particular essence is often captured by generality
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