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'Ways of Worldmaking', 'Certain Physical Essays' and 'Aristotle and the Metaphysics'
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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]
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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]
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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]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation
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Explanation is generally to deduce it from something better known, which comes in degrees [Boyle]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation
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The best explanations get down to primary basics, but others go less deep [Boyle]
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