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'Parmenides', 'Explanation - Opening Address' and 'Problems of Philosophy'
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science
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Science aims to find uniformities to which (within the limits of experience) there are no exceptions [Russell]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction
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We can't prove induction from experience without begging the question [Russell]
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Chickens are not very good at induction, and are surprised when their feeder wrings their neck [Russell]
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It doesn't follow that because the future has always resembled the past, that it always will [Russell]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / c. Direction of explanation
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The height of a flagpole could be fixed by its angle of shadow, but that would be very unusual [Smart]
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Universe expansion explains the red shift, but not vice versa [Smart]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / c. Explanations by coherence
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Explanation of a fact is fitting it into a system of beliefs [Smart]
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Explanations are bad by fitting badly with a web of beliefs, or fitting well into a bad web [Smart]
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Deducing from laws is one possible way to achieve a coherent explanation [Smart]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / d. Consilience
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An explanation is better if it also explains phenomena from a different field [Smart]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations
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If scientific explanation is causal, that rules out mathematical explanation [Smart]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction
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Scientific explanation tends to reduce things to the unfamiliar (not the familiar) [Smart]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation
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If the cat reappears in a new position, presumably it has passed through the intermediate positions [Russell]
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Belief in real objects makes our account of experience simpler and more systematic [Russell]
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