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Ideas for 'The Epistemology of Modality', 'Lectures 1930-32 (student notes)' and 'Logic (Port-Royal Art of Thinking)'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

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Explanation and understanding are the same [Wittgenstein]

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Explanation gives understanding by revealing the full multiplicity of the thing [Wittgenstein]

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

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A machine strikes us as being a rule of movement [Wittgenstein]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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Forms make things distinct and explain the properties, by pure form, or arrangement of parts [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation

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If an explanation is good, the symbol is used properly in the future [Wittgenstein]