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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 / 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 / c. Explanations by coherence
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1: Coherence is a symmetrical relation between two propositions [Thagard, by Smart]
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2: An explanation must wholly cohere internally, and with the new fact [Thagard, by Smart]
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3: If an analogous pair explain another analogous pair, then they all cohere [Thagard, by Smart]
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4: For coherence, observation reports have a degree of intrinsic acceptability [Thagard, by Smart]
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5: Contradictory propositions incohere [Thagard, by Smart]
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6: A proposition's acceptability depends on its coherence with a system [Thagard, by Smart]
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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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