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All the ideas for 'Explanation: the state of play', 'Punctual and segmentive Hopi verbs' and 'Lectures on the Philosophy of (World) History'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
21753 If we look at the world rationally, the world assumes a rational aspect [Hegel]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
21974 The world seems rational to those who look at it rationally [Hegel]
13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 5. Language Relativism
3914 Language arranges sensory experience to form a world-order [Whorf]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation
12314 Audience-relative explanation, or metaphysical explanation based on information? [Stanford]
12313 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
12315 We can explain by showing constitution, as well as showing causes [Stanford]