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Ideas for 'Individuals without Sortals', 'Human Nature' and 'Clarification and Defense of Grounding'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation

17298	Two things being identical (like water and H2O) is not an explanation [Audi,P]
	Full Idea: If there is identity between water and H2O, we have neither the asymmetry nor the irreflexivity that explanations require.
	From: Paul Audi (Clarification and Defense of Grounding [2012], 3.3)
	A reaction: Once you realise it is H2O, you understand its deeper features, which will open up new explanations. He's right, though.

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

17299	There are plenty of examples of non-causal explanation [Audi,P]
	Full Idea: There are a number of explanations where it seems clear that causation is not involved at all: normative grounded in non-normative, disposition grounded in categorical, aesthetic grounded in non-aesthetic, semantic in social and psychological.
	From: Paul Audi (Clarification and Defense of Grounding [2012], 3.3)
	A reaction: Apart from dispositions, perhaps, these all seem to be experienced phenomena grounded in the physical world. 'Determination' is the preferred term for non-causal grounding.