Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Weisberg/Needham/Hendry, Manjit Kumar and David Hume
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12 ideas
14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction
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The idea of inductive evidence, around 1660, made Hume's problem possible [Hume, by Hacking]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction
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We assume similar secret powers behind similar experiences, such as the nourishment of bread [Hume]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction
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2204
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All inferences from experience are effects of custom, not reasoning [Hume]
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2199
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Reason cannot show why reliable past experience should extend to future times and remote places [Hume]
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2202
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Fools, children and animals all learn from experience [Hume]
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Induction can't prove that the future will be like the past, since induction assumes this [Hume]
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If we infer causes from repetition, this explains why we infer from a thousand objects what we couldn't infer from one [Hume]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 4. Reason in Induction
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6350
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Premises can support an argument without entailing it [Pollock/Cruz on Hume]
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Hume just shows induction isn't deduction [Williams,M on Hume]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism
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Thick mechanisms map whole reactions, and thin mechanism chart the steps [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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Using mechanisms as explanatory schemes began in chemistry [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
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Bohr explained the periodic table and chemical properties of elements, using the quantum atom [Kumar]
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