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'works', 'Rationality' and 'Ontological Ground of Alethic Modality'
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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 / 1. Induction
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Enumerative induction is inference to the best explanation [Harman]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction
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Induction is 'defeasible', since additional information can invalidate it [Harman]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 4. Reason in Induction
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All reasoning is inductive, and deduction only concerns implication [Harman]
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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 / 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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