Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Nicolas Malebranche, Stephen Mumford and Ludwig Wittgenstein

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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 3. Instrumentalism
17665 The 'Tractatus' is instrumentalist about laws of nature [Wittgenstein, by Armstrong]
14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction
2941 Induction accepts the simplest law that fits our experiences [Wittgenstein]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation
18721 Explanation and understanding are the same [Wittgenstein]
18720 Explanation gives understanding by revealing the full multiplicity of the thing [Wittgenstein]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation
14319 Nomothetic explanations cite laws, and structural explanations cite mechanisms [Mumford]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations
14342 General laws depend upon the capacities of particulars, not the other way around [Mumford]
17673 The modern worldview is based on the illusion that laws explain nature [Wittgenstein]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism
18716 A machine strikes us as being a rule of movement [Wittgenstein]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
14322 If fragile just means 'breaks when dropped', it won't explain a breakage [Mumford]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation
18713 If an explanation is good, the symbol is used properly in the future [Wittgenstein]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation
14337 Maybe dispositions can replace the 'laws of nature' as the basis of explanation [Mumford]
14320 Subatomic particles may terminate explanation, if they lack structure [Mumford]
14343 To avoid a regress in explanations, ungrounded dispositions will always have to be posited [Mumford]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 4. Explanation Doubts / a. Explanation as pragmatic
14324 Ontology is unrelated to explanation, which concerns modes of presentation and states of knowledge [Mumford]