Combining Texts

Ideas for 'On the Philosophy of Logic', 'Varieties of Ontological Dependence' and 'The Elm and the Expert'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     choose another area for these texts

display all the ideas for this combination of texts

---

6 ideas

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment

2461	An experiment is a deliberate version of what informal thinking does all the time [Fodor]

2454	We can deliberately cause ourselves to have true thoughts - hence the value of experiments [Fodor]

2455	Interrogation and experiment submit us to having beliefs caused [Fodor]

2460	Participation in an experiment requires agreement about what the outcome will mean [Fodor]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

2458	Theories are links in the causal chain between the environment and our beliefs [Fodor]

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

17317

A good explanation captures the real-world dependence among the phenomena [Koslicki]