Combining Philosophers

Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Rom Harr and Lawrence B. Lombard

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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The necessity of Newton's First Law derives from the nature of material things, not from a mechanism [Harré]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

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Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson]