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'The Rationality of Science', 'Why Medieval Philosophy Matters' and 'talk'
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
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Philosophers are revealed by their fears [Billington]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science
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Science rests on scholastic metaphysics, not on Hume, Kant or Carnap [Boulter]
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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science
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The real problem of science is how to choose between possible explanations [Newton-Smith]
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We do not wish merely to predict, we also want to explain [Newton-Smith]
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For science to be rational, we must explain scientific change rationally [Newton-Smith]
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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism
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Positivists hold that theoretical terms change, but observation terms don't [Newton-Smith]
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Critics attack positivist division between theory and observation [Newton-Smith]
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