Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Donald Davidson, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Erving Goffman
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation
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Explanations typically relate statements, not events [Davidson]
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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 / e. Lawlike explanations
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The modern worldview is based on the illusion that laws explain nature [Wittgenstein]
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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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