Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Carl Hempel, Harry Gildersleve and James Gordon Finlayson

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9 ideas

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

21507

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

13052

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

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality

7272	Maybe lots of qualia lead to intentionality, rather than intentionality being basic [Gildersleve]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

15675

We don't condemn people for being bad at reasoning [Finlayson]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

15674

One can universalise good advice, but that doesn't make it an obligation [Finlayson]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture

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The 'culture industry' is an advertisement for the way things are [Finlayson]