Lexicon of Arguments

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I 94
Analogy/Duhem/Cartwright: It is a raw fact that some things sometimes behave like certain other things - that gives us indications.
Explanation/Duhem: provides a scheme for these indications.
Unification: is fictitious - it is intended to simplify the theory.
E.g. Maxwell treated light and electricity as the same.
I 111
Analogy/RussellVsAnalogy: the principle "same cause, same effect" is futile - if the antecedent (the circumstances represents) is accurate enough, the same case will never happen again -> per >fundamental laws.
>Effects, >Causes, >Causality, >Description levels, cf. >Singular Terms.

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