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Ideas for '67: Platonic Questions', 'Causality and Explanation' and 'Persistence, Change and Explanation'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Natural explanations give the causal interconnections [Haslanger]

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

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Salmon's mechanisms are processes and interactions, involving marks, or conserved quantities [Salmon, by Machamer/Darden/Craver]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

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Best explanations, especially natural ones, need grounding, notably by persistent objects [Haslanger]