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Ideas for 'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus' and 'Scientific Essentialism'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / c. Explanations by coherence

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Good explanations unify [Ellis]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

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The modern worldview is based on the illusion that laws explain nature [Wittgenstein]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Explanations of particular events are not essentialist, as they don't reveal essential structures [Ellis]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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To give essentialist explanations there have to be natural kinds [Ellis]