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Ideas for 'From an Ontological Point of View', 'Kinds of Minds' and 'Unity of Science as a Working Hypothesis'

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

7021	If the world is theory-dependent, the theories themselves can't be theory-dependent [Heil]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science

7026	Science is sometimes said to classify powers, neglecting qualities [Heil]

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

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Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson]

7060	One form of explanation is by decomposition [Heil]