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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)' and 'Persistence, Change and Explanation'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Natural explanations give the causal interconnections [Haslanger]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

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Best explanations, especially natural ones, need grounding, notably by persistent objects [Haslanger]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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Locke seems to use real essence for scientific explanation, and substratum for the being of a thing [Locke, by Jones,J-E]

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To explain qualities, Locke invokes primary and secondary qualities, not real essences [Locke, by Jones,J-E]

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Gold is supposed to have a real essence, from whence its detectable properties flow [Locke]