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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 4. Prediction
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The 'symmetry thesis' says explanation and prediction only differ pragmatically [Ruben]
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification
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Most theories are continually falsified [Kuhn, by Kitcher]
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Kuhn's scientists don't aim to falsifying their paradigm, because that is what they rely on [Kuhn, by Gorham]
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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 / B. Scientific Theories / 4. Paradigm
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Switching scientific paradigms is a conversion experience [Kuhn]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability
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Kuhn has a description theory of reference, so the reference of 'electron' changes with the descriptions [Rowlands on Kuhn]
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Incommensurability assumes concepts get their meaning from within the theory [Kuhn, by Okasha]
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Galileo's notions can't be 'incommensurable' if we can fully describe them [Putnam on Kuhn]
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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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Usually explanations just involve giving information, with no reference to the act of explanation [Ruben]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / c. Direction of explanation
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An explanation needs the world to have an appropriate structure [Ruben]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation
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Most explanations are just sentences, not arguments [Ruben]
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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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The causal theory of explanation neglects determinations which are not causal [Ruben]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction
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Reducing one science to another is often said to be the perfect explanation [Ruben]
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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 / 4. Explanation Doubts / a. Explanation as pragmatic
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Facts explain facts, but only if they are conceptualised or named appropriately [Ruben]
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