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Ideas for 'Perception', 'Naming and Necessity lectures' and 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

6515	An explanation presupposes something that is improbable unless it is explained [Robinson,H]

6517	If all possibilities are equal, order seems (a priori) to need an explanation - or does it? [Robinson,H]

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]