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Ideas for Anaxagoras, Aristotle and Jody Azzouni
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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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Are particulars explained more by universals, or by other particulars? [Aristotle]
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Universal principles are not primary beings, but particular principles are not universally knowable [Aristotle]
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Universals are valuable because they make the explanations plain [Aristotle]
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What is most universal is furthest away, and the particulars are nearest [Aristotle]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation
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What we seek and understand are facts, reasons, existence, and identity [Aristotle]
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We know a thing if we grasp its first causes, principles and basic elements [Aristotle]
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Explanation is of the status of a thing, inferences to it, initiation of change, and purpose [Aristotle]
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Understanding moves from the less to the more intelligible [Aristotle]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation
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Four Explanations: the essence and form; the matter; the source; and the end [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aristotle's four 'causes' are four items which figure in basic explanations of nature [Aristotle, by Annas]
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Science refers the question Why? to four causes/explanations: matter, form, source, purpose [Aristotle]
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There are as many causes/explanations as there are different types of why-question [Aristotle]
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Aristotelian explanations mainly divide things into natural kinds [Aristotle, by Politis]
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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 / e. Lawlike explanations
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Chance is inexplicable, because we can only explain what happens always or usually [Aristotle]
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Explanation and generality are inseparable [Aristotle, by Wedin]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations
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The foundation or source is stronger than the thing it causes [Aristotle]
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To grasp something, trace it back to its natural origins [Aristotle]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
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Aristotelian explanation by essence may need to draw on knowledge of other essences [Aristotle, by Koslicki]
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The nature of each thing is its mature state [Aristotle]
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Aristotle regularly says that essential properties explain other significant properties [Aristotle, by Kung]
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To understand a triangle summing to two right angles, we need to know the essence of a line [Aristotle]
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We know something when we fully know what it is, not just its quality, quantity or location [Aristotle]
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Real enquiries seek causes, and causes are essences [Aristotle]
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We know a thing when we grasp its essence [Aristotle]
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The explanation is what gives matter its state, which is the form, which is the substance [Aristotle]
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Essential properties explain in conjunction with properties shared by the same kind [Aristotle, by Kung]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation
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Universals give better explanations, because they are self-explanatory and primitive [Aristotle]
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