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Ideas for Sebastian Gardner, David Lewis and Chistoph Scheibler

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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 8. Ramsey Sentences
15531 The Ramsey sentence of a theory says that it has at least one realisation [Lewis]
15526 There is a method for defining new scientific terms just using the terms we already understand [Lewis]
15528 A Ramsey sentence just asserts that a theory can be realised, without saying by what [Lewis]
15529 It is better to have one realisation of a theory than many - but it may not always be possible [Lewis]
14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction
9661 Induction is just reasonable methods of inferring the unobserved from the observed [Lewis]
14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem
9652 To just expect unexamined emeralds to be grue would be totally unreasonable [Lewis]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation
15559 Does a good explanation produce understanding? That claim is just empty [Lewis]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations
15556 Science may well pursue generalised explanation, rather than laws [Lewis]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / f. Necessity in explanations
15558 A good explanation is supposed to show that the event had to happen [Lewis]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations
9658 An explanation tells us how an event was caused [Lewis]
4809 Lewis endorses the thesis that all explanation of singular events is causal explanation [Lewis, by Psillos]
16280 Often explanaton seeks fundamental laws, rather than causal histories [Lewis]
14321 To explain an event is to provide some information about its causal history [Lewis]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / l. Probabilistic explanations
16274 If the well-ordering of a pack of cards was by shuffling, the explanation would make it more surprising [Lewis]