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All the ideas for 'reports', 'Articulating Reasons: Intro to Inferentialism' and 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Causation produces productive mechanisms; to understand the world, understand these mechanisms [Salmon]

17492

Salmon's interaction mechanisms needn't be regular, or involving any systems [Glennan on Salmon]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

7765	The use of a sentence is its commitments and entitlements [Brandom, by Lycan]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / c. Deterrence of crime

1743	The greatest deterrence for injustice is if uninjured parties feel as much indignation as those who are injured [Solon, by Diog. Laertius]