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'Lectures 1930-32 (student notes)', 'Intro to 'Rationality in Greek Thought'' and 'Physics'
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation
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We know a thing if we grasp its first causes, principles and basic elements [Aristotle]
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Explanation and understanding are the same [Wittgenstein]
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Explanation gives understanding by revealing the full multiplicity of the thing [Wittgenstein]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation
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Science refers the question Why? to four causes/explanations: matter, form, source, purpose [Aristotle]
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Four Explanations: the essence and form; the matter; the source; and the end [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aristotle's four 'causes' are four items which figure in basic explanations of nature [Aristotle, by Annas]
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There are as many causes/explanations as there are different types of why-question [Aristotle]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations
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Chance is inexplicable, because we can only explain what happens always or usually [Aristotle]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism
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A machine strikes us as being a rule of movement [Wittgenstein]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation
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If an explanation is good, the symbol is used properly in the future [Wittgenstein]
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