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Ideas for 'Natural Kinds', 'Chemistry' and 'A Survey of Metaphysics'

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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment

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Science is common sense, with a sophisticated method [Quine]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

4223	Unfalsifiability may be a failure in an empirical theory, but it is a virtue in metaphysics [Lowe]

14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction

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Induction relies on similar effects following from each cause [Quine]

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Induction is just more of the same: animal expectations [Quine]

14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem

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Grue is a puzzle because the notions of similarity and kind are dubious in science [Quine]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / d. Explaining people

4193	The behaviour of persons and social groups seems to need rational rather than causal explanation [Lowe]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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Nuclear charge (plus laws) explains electron structure and spectrum, but not vice versa [Hendry]