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'works', 'Real Natures and Familiar Objects' and 'Natural Kinds'
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment
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Science is common sense, with a sophisticated method [Quine]
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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 / C. Induction / 1. Induction
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Induction relies on similar effects following from each cause [Quine]
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Induction is just more of the same: animal expectations [Quine]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem
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Grue is a puzzle because the notions of similarity and kind are dubious in science [Quine]
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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 / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation
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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 / 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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