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15207 | We want illuminating theories, rather than coherent theories [Le Poidevin] |
9163 | If we only use induction to assess induction, it is empirically indefeasible, and hence a priori [Field,H] |
22926 | In addition to causal explanations, they can also be inferential, or definitional, or purposive [Le Poidevin] |
18222 | Beneath every extrinsic explanation there is an intrinsic explanation [Field,H] |
20653 | Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson] |