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All the ideas for '67: Platonic Questions', 'Aspects of Scientific Explanation' and 'A Realist Theory of Science'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

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Kind essences are the categorical bases of a thing's causal powers [Bhaskar, by Chakravartty]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 4. Prediction

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Explanatory facts also predict, and predictive facts also explain [Hempel, by Okasha]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

6755	For Hempel, explanations are deductive-nomological or probabilistic-statistical [Hempel, by Bird]

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The covering-law model is for scientific explanation; historical explanation is quite different [Hempel]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Hempel rejects causation as part of explanation [Hempel, by Salmon]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche

5960	When the soul is intelligent and harmonious, it is part of god and derives from god [Plutarch]