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Ideas for 'Causal Powers', 'On Freedom' and 'Metaphysics'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation
11385 Universal principles are not primary beings, but particular principles are not universally knowable [Aristotle]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation
11289 Understanding moves from the less to the more intelligible [Aristotle]
15306 Only changes require explanation [Harré/Madden]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / c. Direction of explanation
15293 If explanation is by entailment, that lacks a causal direction, unlike natural necessity [Harré/Madden]
15294 Powers can explain the direction of causality, and make it a natural necessity [Harré/Madden]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation
11246 Aristotelian explanations mainly divide things into natural kinds [Aristotle, by Politis]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism
15254 If the nature of particulars explains their powers, it also explains their relations and behaviour [Harré/Madden]
15317 Powers and natures lead us to hypothesise underlying mechanisms, which may be real [Harré/Madden]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction
15310 Solidity comes from the power of repulsion, and shape from the power of attraction [Harré/Madden]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
11384 We know something when we fully know what it is, not just its quality, quantity or location [Aristotle]
16135 Real enquiries seek causes, and causes are essences [Aristotle]
16105 We know a thing when we grasp its essence [Aristotle]
11296 The explanation is what gives matter its state, which is the form, which is the substance [Aristotle]
11999 Essential properties explain in conjunction with properties shared by the same kind [Aristotle, by Kung]
15219 Essence explains passive capacities as well as active powers [Harré/Madden]