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Ideas for 'Ways of Worldmaking', 'Lectures 1930-32 (student notes)' and 'Posthumous notes'

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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 3. Instrumentalism

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Users of digital thermometers recognise no temperatures in the gaps [Goodman]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability

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We lack frames of reference to transform physics, biology and psychology into one another [Goodman]

14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem

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Grue and green won't be in the same world, as that would block induction entirely [Goodman]

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

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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]

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]

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]