Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Causality and Explanation' and 'Improvement of Understanding'

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4 ideas

2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition

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All the intrinsic properties of a thing should be deducible from its definition [Spinoza]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Salmon's mechanisms are processes and interactions, involving marks, or conserved quantities [Salmon, by Machamer/Darden/Craver]

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

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To understand the properties we must know the essence, as with a circle [Spinoza]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]