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16736 | Explanation is generally to deduce it from something better known, which comes in degrees [Boyle] |
13048 | Good explications are exact, fruitful, simple and similar to the explicandum [Carnap, by Salmon] |
16737 | The best explanations get down to primary basics, but others go less deep [Boyle] |
19399 | Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz] |