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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'De Anima' and 'Reflections on my Critics'

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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 2. Demonstration

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Demonstration starts from a definition of essence, so we can derive (or conjecture about) the properties [Aristotle]

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Demonstrations move from starting-points to deduced conclusions [Aristotle]

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

6809	Kuhn came to accept that all scientists agree on a particular set of values [Kuhn, by Bird]

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

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In theory change, words shift their natural reference, so the theories are incommensurable [Kuhn]

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

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To understand a triangle summing to two right angles, we need to know the essence of a line [Aristotle]