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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment
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Participation in an experiment requires agreement about what the outcome will mean [Fodor]
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An experiment is a deliberate version of what informal thinking does all the time [Fodor]
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We can deliberately cause ourselves to have true thoughts - hence the value of experiments [Fodor]
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Interrogation and experiment submit us to having beliefs caused [Fodor]
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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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Theories are links in the causal chain between the environment and our beliefs [Fodor]
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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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