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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
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Plato says sciences are unified around Forms; Aristotle says they're unified around substance [Aristotle, by Moravcsik]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation
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Aristotelian explanations are facts, while modern explanations depend on human conceptions [Aristotle, by Politis]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation
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We know a thing if we grasp its first causes, principles and basic elements [Aristotle]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation
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Science refers the question Why? to four causes/explanations: matter, form, source, purpose [Aristotle]
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Four Explanations: the essence and form; the matter; the source; and the end [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aristotle's four 'causes' are four items which figure in basic explanations of nature [Aristotle, by Annas]
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There are as many causes/explanations as there are different types of why-question [Aristotle]
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Aristotle's standard analysis of species and genus involves specifying things in terms of something more general [Aristotle, by Benardete,JA]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations
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Chance is inexplicable, because we can only explain what happens always or usually [Aristotle]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
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Aristotle regularly says that essential properties explain other significant properties [Aristotle, by Kung]
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