Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Alexander Bird and Stephen Mumford
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation
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The objective component of explanations is the things that must exist for the explanation [Bird]
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We talk both of 'people' explaining things, and of 'facts' explaining things [Bird]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation
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We can't reject all explanations because of a regress; inexplicable A can still explain B [Bird]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation
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Nomothetic explanations cite laws, and structural explanations cite mechanisms [Mumford]
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Explanations are causal, nomic, psychological, psychoanalytic, Darwinian or functional [Bird]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / b. Contrastive explanations
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Contrastive explanations say why one thing happened but not another [Bird]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations
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General laws depend upon the capacities of particulars, not the other way around [Mumford]
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'Covering law' explanations only work if no other explanations are to be found [Bird]
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Livers always accompany hearts, but they don't explain hearts [Bird]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
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If fragile just means 'breaks when dropped', it won't explain a breakage [Mumford]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / l. Probabilistic explanations
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Probabilistic-statistical explanations don't entail the explanandum, but makes it more likely [Bird]
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An operation might reduce the probability of death, yet explain a death [Bird]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation
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Inference to the Best Explanation is done with facts, so it has to be realist [Bird]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation
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Maybe dispositions can replace the 'laws of nature' as the basis of explanation [Mumford]
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To avoid a regress in explanations, ungrounded dispositions will always have to be posited [Mumford]
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Subatomic particles may terminate explanation, if they lack structure [Mumford]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / c. Against best explanation
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Maybe bad explanations are the true ones, in this messy world [Bird]
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Which explanation is 'best' is bound to be subjective, and no guide to truth [Bird]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 4. Explanation Doubts / a. Explanation as pragmatic
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Ontology is unrelated to explanation, which concerns modes of presentation and states of knowledge [Mumford]
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Maybe explanation is so subjective that it cannot be a part of science [Bird]
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