Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Jonathan Dancy, Richard Jeffrey and Galileo Galilei

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14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

2751	Probabilities can only be assessed relative to some evidence [Dancy,J]

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Instead of gambling, Jeffrey made the objects of Bayesian preference to be propositions [Jeffrey, by Davidson]

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

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Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver]