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'Metaphysics', 'Introduction to 'Modality'' and 'Physics'
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation
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Universal principles are not primary beings, but particular principles are not universally knowable [Aristotle]
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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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Understanding moves from the less to the more intelligible [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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Aristotelian explanations mainly divide things into natural kinds [Aristotle, by Politis]
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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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Real enquiries seek causes, and causes are essences [Aristotle]
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We know something when we fully know what it is, not just its quality, quantity or location [Aristotle]
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We know a thing when we grasp its essence [Aristotle]
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The explanation is what gives matter its state, which is the form, which is the substance [Aristotle]
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Essential properties explain in conjunction with properties shared by the same kind [Aristotle, by Kung]
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