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'Metaphysics', 'Chapters on Scepticism' and 'Mechanisms'
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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 / i. Explanations by mechanism
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Mechanisms are either systems of parts or sequences of activities [Glennan]
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Mechanistic philosophy of science is an alternative to the empiricist law-based tradition [Glennan]
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17th century mechanists explained everything by the kinetic physical fundamentals [Glennan]
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Unlike the lawlike approach, mechanistic explanation can allow for exceptions [Glennan]
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Modern mechanism need parts with spatial, temporal and function facts, and diagrams [Glennan]
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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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