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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Existentialism: an introduction' and 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World'

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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science

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Science has to abstract out the subjective attributes of things, focusing on what is objective [Aho]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Causation produces productive mechanisms; to understand the world, understand these mechanisms [Salmon]

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Salmon's interaction mechanisms needn't be regular, or involving any systems [Glennan on Salmon]