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'Summa totius logicae', 'System of Logic' and 'Letters from a Stoic'
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation
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Surprisingly, empiricists before Mill ignore explanation, which seems to transcend experience [Mill, by Ruben]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation
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To the four causes Plato adds a fifth, the idea which guided the event [Seneca]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations
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Explanation is fitting of facts into ever more general patterns of regularity [Mill, by Ruben]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations
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Causal inference is by spotting either Agreements or Differences [Mill, by Lipton]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation
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The Methods of Difference and of Agreement are forms of inference to the best explanation [Mill, by Lipton]
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