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Ideas for 'Writing the Book of the World', 'The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences' and 'German Philosophy: a very short introduction'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation

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Explanations must cite generalisations [Sider]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / d. Consilience

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Consilience is a common groundwork of explanation [Whewell]

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]