Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Hermarchus, W.H. Newton-Smith and David-Hillel Ruben

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis

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Paradox: why do you analyse if you know it, and how do you analyse if you don't? [Ruben]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science

3859	We do not wish merely to predict, we also want to explain [Newton-Smith]

3870	The real problem of science is how to choose between possible explanations [Newton-Smith]

3853	For science to be rational, we must explain scientific change rationally [Newton-Smith]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

3854	Positivists hold that theoretical terms change, but observation terms don't [Newton-Smith]

3855	Critics attack positivist division between theory and observation [Newton-Smith]