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'Metaphysics', 'Abstract Objects:intro to Axiomatic Metaphysics' and 'Getting Causes from Powers'
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 2. Demonstration
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There cannot be a science of accidentals, but only of general truths [Aristotle]
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Demonstrations about particulars must be about everything of that type [Aristotle]
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification
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Smoking disposes towards cancer; smokers without cancer do not falsify this claim [Mumford/Anjum]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction
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If causation were necessary, the past would fix the future, and induction would be simple [Mumford/Anjum]
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The only full uniformities in nature occur from the essences of fundamental things [Mumford/Anjum]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction
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Nature is not completely uniform, and some regular causes sometimes fail to produce their effects [Mumford/Anjum]
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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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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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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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It is tempting to think that only entailment provides a full explanation [Mumford/Anjum]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism
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A structure won't give a causal explanation unless we know the powers of the structure [Mumford/Anjum]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
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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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Real enquiries seek causes, and causes are essences [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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