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'Physics', 'On the Plurality of Worlds' and 'De Natura Corporis'
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14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction
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Induction is just reasonable methods of inferring the unobserved from the observed [Lewis]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem
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To just expect unexamined emeralds to be grue would be totally unreasonable [Lewis]
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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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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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Science refers the question Why? to four causes/explanations: matter, form, source, purpose [Aristotle]
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There are as many causes/explanations as there are different types of why-question [Aristotle]
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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 / g. Causal explanations
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An explanation tells us how an event was caused [Lewis]
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Often explanaton seeks fundamental laws, rather than causal histories [Lewis]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / l. Probabilistic explanations
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If the well-ordering of a pack of cards was by shuffling, the explanation would make it more surprising [Lewis]
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