Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Anaxarchus, Nancy Cartwright and Ludwig Wittgenstein
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
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Theories can never represent accurately, because their components are abstract [Cartwright,N, by Portides]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 3. Instrumentalism
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The 'Tractatus' is instrumentalist about laws of nature [Wittgenstein, by Armstrong]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction
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Induction accepts the simplest law that fits our experiences [Wittgenstein]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation
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Explanation and understanding are the same [Wittgenstein]
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Explanation gives understanding by revealing the full multiplicity of the thing [Wittgenstein]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation
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Two main types of explanation are by causes, or by citing a theoretical framework [Cartwright,N]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / c. Explanations by coherence
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An explanation is a model that fits a theory and predicts the phenomenological laws [Cartwright,N]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations
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The modern worldview is based on the illusion that laws explain nature [Wittgenstein]
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Laws get the facts wrong, and explanation rests on improvements and qualifications of laws [Cartwright,N]
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Laws apply to separate domains, but real explanations apply to intersecting domains [Cartwright,N]
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Covering-law explanation lets us explain storms by falling barometers [Cartwright,N]
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I disagree with the covering-law view that there is a law to cover every single case [Cartwright,N]
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You can't explain one quail's behaviour by just saying that all quails do it [Cartwright,N]
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The covering law view assumes that each phenomenon has a 'right' explanation [Cartwright,N]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism
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A machine strikes us as being a rule of movement [Wittgenstein]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation
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If an explanation is good, the symbol is used properly in the future [Wittgenstein]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / c. Against best explanation
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In science, best explanations have regularly turned out to be false [Cartwright,N]
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