Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rudolph Carnap, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Johanna Seibt

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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
18699 Carnap tried to define all scientific predicates in terms of primitive relations, using type theory [Carnap, by Button]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 3. Instrumentalism
17665 The 'Tractatus' is instrumentalist about laws of nature [Wittgenstein, by Armstrong]
13940 All linguistic forms in science are merely judged by their efficiency as instruments [Carnap]
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]
13048 Good explications are exact, fruitful, simple and similar to the explicandum [Carnap, by Salmon]
18720 Explanation gives understanding by revealing the full multiplicity of the thing [Wittgenstein]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations
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 / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation
18713 If an explanation is good, the symbol is used properly in the future [Wittgenstein]