Combining Philosophers

Ideas for St John, David Wiggins and Richard Jeffrey

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
The category of substance is more important for epistemology than for ontology [Wiggins]
Naming the secondary substance provides a mass of general information [Wiggins]
Asking 'what is it?' nicely points us to the persistence of a continuing entity [Wiggins]