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'Scattered Objects', 'Mechanism, purpose and explan. exclusion' and 'On the Plurality of Worlds'
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14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction
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Induction is just reasonable methods of inferring the unobserved from the observed [Lewis]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem
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To just expect unexamined emeralds to be grue would be totally unreasonable [Lewis]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation
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Explanatory exclusion: there cannot be two separate complete explanations of a single event [Kim]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations
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An explanation tells us how an event was caused [Lewis]
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Often explanaton seeks fundamental laws, rather than causal histories [Lewis]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / l. Probabilistic explanations
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If the well-ordering of a pack of cards was by shuffling, the explanation would make it more surprising [Lewis]
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