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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Aspects of Scientific Explanation' and 'Intuitionism: an Introduction'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique

8754	Logic is dependent on mathematics, not the other way round [Heyting, by Shapiro]

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]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

6005	Animals are dangerous and nourishing, and can't form contracts of justice [Hermarchus, by Sedley]