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Ideas for 'The Rationality of Science', 'Letters to Russell' and 'The Advancement of Learning'

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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

12124

Metaphysics is the best knowledge, because it is the simplest [Bacon]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

12123

Natural history supports physical knowledge, which supports metaphysical knowledge [Bacon]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science

12119

Physics studies transitory matter; metaphysics what is abstracted and necessary [Bacon]

12120

Physics is of material and efficient causes, metaphysics of formal and final causes [Bacon]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science

3870	The real problem of science is how to choose between possible explanations [Newton-Smith]

3859	We do not wish merely to predict, we also want to explain [Newton-Smith]

3853	For science to be rational, we must explain scientific change rationally [Newton-Smith]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

3854	Positivists hold that theoretical terms change, but observation terms don't [Newton-Smith]

3855	Critics attack positivist division between theory and observation [Newton-Smith]