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Single Idea 3859
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science
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Full Idea
We do not wish merely to predict, we also want to explain.
Gist of Idea
We do not wish merely to predict, we also want to explain
Source
W.H. Newton-Smith (The Rationality of Science [1981], II.3)
Book Ref
Newton-Smith,W.H.: 'The Rationality of Science' [RKP 1981], p.31
The
12 ideas
with the same theme
[knowledge gained by experiments]:
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76
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The object of scientific knowledge is what is necessary
[Aristotle]
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2200
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All experimental conclusions assume that the future will be like the past
[Hume]
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6782
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Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle
[Putnam]
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6601
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Science rules the globe because of colonising power, not inherent rationality
[Feyerabend]
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3853
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For science to be rational, we must explain scientific change rationally
[Newton-Smith]
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3859
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We do not wish merely to predict, we also want to explain
[Newton-Smith]
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3870
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The real problem of science is how to choose between possible explanations
[Newton-Smith]
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3329
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Presumably the statements of science are true, but should they be taken literally or not?
[Benardete,JA]
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5334
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We resist science partly because it can't provide ethical wisdom
[Flanagan]
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4588
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There is no such thing as 'science'; there are just many different sciences
[Heil]
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3123
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Science is in the business of carving nature at the joints
[Segal]
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6779
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Instrumentalists say distinctions between observation and theory vanish with ostensive definition
[Bird]
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