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All the ideas for 'works', 'Aspects of Scientific Explanation' and 'Attack Upon Christendom'

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6 ideas

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]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism

3449	If parallelism is true, how does the mind know about the body? [Crease]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / d. Representative democracy

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When we seek our own 'freedom' we are just trying to avoid responsibility [Kierkegaard]