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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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Vertical arguments say eliminate a term if it picks out different natural kinds in different theories [Machery]
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Horizontal arguments say eliminate a term if it fails to pick out a natural kind [Machery]
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If a term doesn't pick out a kind, keeping it may block improvements in classification [Machery]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction
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Psychologists use 'induction' as generalising a property from one category to another [Machery]
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'Ampliative' induction infers that all members of a category have a feature found in some of them [Machery]
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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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