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All the ideas for 'Mechanism, purpose and explan. exclusion', 'Scientific Explanation' and 'Homeostasis, Species and Higher Taxa'

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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

9355	One sort of circularity presupposes a premise, the other presupposes a rule being used [Braithwaite, by Devitt]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation

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Explanatory exclusion: there cannot be two separate complete explanations of a single event [Kim]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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The properties of an electron can't be explained just as 'clustering' [Chakravartty on Boyd]

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Properties cluster together, either because of intrinsic relations, or because of an underlying process [Boyd, by Chakravartty]