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All the ideas for 'Brandom on Social Practices and Representations', 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World' and '12: Colossians'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy [Paul]
If we can't check our language against experience, philosophy is just comparing beliefs and words [Rorty]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism
Causation produces productive mechanisms; to understand the world, understand these mechanisms [Salmon]
Salmon's interaction mechanisms needn't be regular, or involving any systems [Glennan on Salmon]