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All the ideas for 'reports', 'Epistemic Justification' and 'Aspects of Scientific Explanation'

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7 ideas

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / a. Pro-internalism

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'Access' internalism says responsibility needs access; weaker 'mentalism' needs mental justification [Kvanvig]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / a. Foundationalism

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Strong foundationalism needs strict inferences; weak version has induction, explanation, probability [Kvanvig]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 4. Prediction

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Explanatory facts also predict, and predictive facts also explain [Hempel, by Okasha]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

6755	For Hempel, explanations are deductive-nomological or probabilistic-statistical [Hempel, by Bird]

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The covering-law model is for scientific explanation; historical explanation is quite different [Hempel]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Hempel rejects causation as part of explanation [Hempel, by Salmon]