Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Carl Hempel, Agathon and Thomas Jefferson

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7 ideas

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 2. Necessity as Primitive

74	Even God could not undo what has been done [Agathon]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 4. Prediction

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Explanatory facts also predict, and predictive facts also explain [Hempel, by Okasha]

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

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Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

6755	For Hempel, explanations are deductive-nomological or probabilistic-statistical [Hempel, by Bird]

17083

The covering-law model is for scientific explanation; historical explanation is quite different [Hempel]

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

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Hempel rejects causation as part of explanation [Hempel, by Salmon]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / b. Natural equality

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Men are created equal, and with certain inalienable rights [Jefferson]