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All the ideas for 'Summa', 'Aspects of Scientific Explanation' and 'Merely Possible Propositions'

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8 ideas

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects

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Predicates can't apply to what doesn't exist [Stalnaker]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

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Substances 'substand' (beneath accidents), or 'subsist' (independently) [Eustachius]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

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Prime matter is free of all forms, but has the potential for all forms [Eustachius]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 4. Prediction

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Explanatory facts also predict, and predictive facts also explain [Hempel, by Okasha]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

6755	For Hempel, explanations are deductive-nomological or probabilistic-statistical [Hempel, by Bird]

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The covering-law model is for scientific explanation; historical explanation is quite different [Hempel]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Hempel rejects causation as part of explanation [Hempel, by Salmon]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

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A 'Russellian proposition' is an ordered sequence of individual, properties and relations [Stalnaker]