Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Thrasymachus, Machamer,P/Darden,L/Craver,C and Karl Popper
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification
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Give Nobel Prizes for really good refutations? [Gorham on Popper]
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Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper]
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Falsification is the criterion of demarcation between science and non-science [Popper, by Magee]
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We don't only reject hypotheses because we have falsified them [Lipton on Popper]
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If falsification requires logical inconsistency, then probabilistic statements can't be falsified [Bird on Popper]
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When Popper gets in difficulties, he quietly uses induction to help out [Bird on Popper]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science
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Good theories have empirical content, explain a lot, and are not falsified [Popper, by Newton-Smith]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction
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There is no such thing as induction [Popper, by Magee]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 4. Reason in Induction
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Science cannot be shown to be rational if induction is rejected [Newton-Smith on Popper]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations
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The explanation is not the regularity, but the activity sustaining it [Machamer/Darden/Craver]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / h. Explanations by function
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Functions are not properties of objects, they are activities contributing to mechanisms [Machamer/Darden/Craver]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism
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Mechanisms are not just push-pull systems [Machamer/Darden/Craver]
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Mechanisms are systems organised to produce regular change [Machamer/Darden/Craver]
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A mechanism explains a phenomenon by showing how it was produced [Machamer/Darden/Craver]
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Our account of mechanism combines both entities and activities [Machamer/Darden/Craver]
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Descriptions of explanatory mechanisms have a bottom level, where going further is irrelevant [Machamer/Darden/Craver]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation
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Science does not aim at ultimate explanations [Popper]
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There are four types of bottom-level activities which will explain phenomena [Machamer/Darden/Craver]
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