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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Writing the Book of the World' and 'The Empirical Stance'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation

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Explanations must cite generalisations [Sider]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation

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If the ultimate explanation is a list of entities, no laws, patterns or mechanisms can be cited [Sider]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / c. Against best explanation

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Inference to best explanation contains all sorts of hidden values [Fraassen]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 4. Explanation Doubts / a. Explanation as pragmatic

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We accept many scientific theories without endorsing them as true [Fraassen]