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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
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Plato says sciences are unified around Forms; Aristotle says they're unified around substance [Aristotle, by Moravcsik]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction
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Induction is just reasonable methods of inferring the unobserved from the observed [Lewis]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem
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To just expect unexamined emeralds to be grue would be totally unreasonable [Lewis]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation
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Aristotelian explanations are facts, while modern explanations depend on human conceptions [Aristotle, by Politis]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation
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Aristotle's standard analysis of species and genus involves specifying things in terms of something more general [Aristotle, by Benardete,JA]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations
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An explanation tells us how an event was caused [Lewis]
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Often explanaton seeks fundamental laws, rather than causal histories [Lewis]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
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Aristotle regularly says that essential properties explain other significant properties [Aristotle, by Kung]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / l. Probabilistic explanations
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If the well-ordering of a pack of cards was by shuffling, the explanation would make it more surprising [Lewis]
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