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All the ideas for 'Explanation: the state of play', 'Counterfactuals' and 'works'

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8 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle
7334 Anti-realism needs an intuitionist logic with no law of excluded middle [Dummett, by Miller,A]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
3303 For anti-realists there are no natural distinctions between objects [Dummett, by Benardete,JA]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals
14361 Lewis says indicative conditionals are truth-functional [Lewis, by Jackson]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals
8434 In good counterfactuals the consequent holds in world like ours except that the antecedent is true [Lewis, by Horwich]
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]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory
9419 A law of nature is a general axiom of the deductive system that is best for simplicity and strength [Lewis]