Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Explanation: the state of play', 'Creating the Kingdom of Ends' and 'The Bacchae'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

9283	Our ancient beliefs can never be overthrown by subtle arguments [Euripides]

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]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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Maybe final value rests on the extrinsic property of being valued by a rational agent [Korsgaard, by Orsi]