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All the ideas for 'Explanation: the state of play', 'On 'Generation and Corruption'' and 'Calculus Ratiocinator'

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11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism

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A whole is just its parts, but there are no smallest parts, so only minds and perceptions exist [Leibniz]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

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Audience-relative explanation, or metaphysical explanation based on information? [Stanford]

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Explanation is for curiosity, control, understanding, to make meaningful, or to give authority [Stanford]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

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We can explain by showing constitution, as well as showing causes [Stanford]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements

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Elements are found last in dismantling bodies, and first in generating them [Albert of Saxony]