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All the ideas for 'Science and Method', 'Causality and Explanation' and 'Some Main Problems of Philosophy'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / c. Philosophy as generalisation

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The main aim of philosophy is to describe the whole Universe. [Moore,GE]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry

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One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré]

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]