Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Proclus, Xenophon and Rudolph Carnap

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

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Good explications are exact, fruitful, simple and similar to the explicandum [Carnap, by Salmon]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus]