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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment
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Randomised Control Trials have a treatment and a control group, chosen at random [Okasha]
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Not all sciences are experimental; astronomy relies on careful observation [Okasha]
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification
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The discoverers of Neptune didn't change their theory because of an anomaly [Okasha]
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Science mostly aims at confirming theories, rather than falsifying them [Okasha]
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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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Theories with unobservables are underdetermined by the evidence [Okasha]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability
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Two things can't be incompatible if they are incommensurable [Okasha]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction
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Induction is inferences from examined to unexamined instances of a given kind [Okasha]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem
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If the rules only concern changes of belief, and not the starting point, absurd views can look ratiional [Okasha]
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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 / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation
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Audience-relative explanation, or metaphysical explanation based on information? [Stanford]
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Explanation is for curiosity, control, understanding, to make meaningful, or to give authority [Stanford]
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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 / j. Explanations by reduction
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We can explain by showing constitution, as well as showing causes [Stanford]
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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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