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'Writing the Book of the World', 'The Artworld' and 'Philosophy of Science: Very Short Intro (2nd ed)'
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment
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Randomised Control Trials have a treatment and a control group, chosen at random [Okasha]
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Not all sciences are experimental; astronomy relies on careful observation [Okasha]
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification
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The discoverers of Neptune didn't change their theory because of an anomaly [Okasha]
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Science mostly aims at confirming theories, rather than falsifying them [Okasha]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
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Theories with unobservables are underdetermined by the evidence [Okasha]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science
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A theory which doesn't fit nature is unexplanatory, even if it is true [Sider]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability
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Two things can't be incompatible if they are incommensurable [Okasha]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 8. Ramsey Sentences
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If I used Ramsey sentences to eliminate fundamentality from my theory, that would be a real loss [Sider]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction
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Induction is inferences from examined to unexamined instances of a given kind [Okasha]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem
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Problem predicates in induction don't reflect the structure of nature [Sider]
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Two applications of 'grue' do not guarantee a similarity between two things [Sider]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem
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Bayes produces weird results if the prior probabilities are bizarre [Sider]
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If the rules only concern changes of belief, and not the starting point, absurd views can look ratiional [Okasha]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation
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Explanations must cite generalisations [Sider]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation
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If the ultimate explanation is a list of entities, no laws, patterns or mechanisms can be cited [Sider]
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