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Single Idea 2396
[filed under theme 14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction
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Full Idea
Reductive explanation is not the be-all and the end-all of explanation.
Gist of Idea
Reductive explanation is not the be-all and the end-all of explanation
Source
David J.Chalmers (The Conscious Mind [1996], 1.2.2)
Book Ref
Chalmers,David J.: 'The Conscious Mind' [OUP 1997], p.43
The
14 ideas
with the same theme
[explaining by reveal grounding or foundations]:
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16619
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We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them
[Gassendi]
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15308
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Science is the reduction of diverse forces and powers to a smaller number that explain them
[Kant]
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22646
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We have a passion for knowing the parts of something, rather than the whole
[James]
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6552
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You can only explain the qualities of large objects using entities which lack those qualities
[Heisenberg]
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20653
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Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles
[Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson]
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17075
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Scientific explanation tends to reduce things to the unfamiliar (not the familiar)
[Smart]
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15310
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Solidity comes from the power of repulsion, and shape from the power of attraction
[Harré/Madden]
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12315
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We can explain by showing constitution, as well as showing causes
[Stanford]
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17088
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Reducing one science to another is often said to be the perfect explanation
[Ruben]
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2396
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Reductive explanation is not the be-all and the end-all of explanation
[Chalmers]
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7060
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One form of explanation is by decomposition
[Heil]
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15059
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Grounding is an explanation of truth, and needs all the virtues of good explanations
[Fine,K]
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13926
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Best explanations, especially natural ones, need grounding, notably by persistent objects
[Haslanger]
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11053
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Explanatory reduction is stronger than ontological reduction
[Hanna]
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