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All the ideas for 'Explanation: the state of play', 'Hobbes' and 'Internal and External Reasons'

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5 ideas

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

7413	Without confidence in our beliefs, how should we actually live? [Tuck]

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]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / c. Reasons as causes

9284	Reasons are 'internal' if they give a person a motive to act, but 'external' otherwise [Williams,B]