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Ideas for 'talk', 'Causal Powers' and 'Every Thing Must Go'

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

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Clavius's Paradox: purely syntactic entailment theories won't explain, because they are too profuse [Harré/Madden]

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Simplicity can sort theories out, but still leaves an infinity of possibilities [Harré/Madden]

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The powers/natures approach has been so successful (for electricity, magnetism, gravity) it may be universal [Harré/Madden]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science

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We prefer the theory which explains and predicts the powers and capacities of particulars [Harré/Madden]

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Science investigates the nature and constitution of things or substances [Harré/Madden]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 8. Ramsey Sentences

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The Ramsey-sentence approach preserves observations, but eliminates unobservables [Ladyman/Ross]

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The Ramsey sentence describes theoretical entities; it skips reference, but doesn't eliminate it [Ladyman/Ross]