Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Pierre Gassendi, Heraclitus and Brian Ellis
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science
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Science aims to explain things, not just describe them [Ellis]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction
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If events are unconnected, then induction cannot be solved [Ellis]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem
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Emeralds are naturally green, and only an external force could turn them blue [Ellis]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / c. Explanations by coherence
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Good explanations unify [Ellis]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / f. Necessity in explanations
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Essentialists don't infer from some to all, but from essences to necessary behaviour [Ellis]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism
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Explanations of particular events are not essentialist, as they don't reveal essential structures [Ellis]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction
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We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
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To give essentialist explanations there have to be natural kinds [Ellis]
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