Lexicon of Arguments

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I 228
Explanation / Vollmer: misconception: each cognitive system would have to be more complex than the object that it explains.
I 278
Explanation/"too much"/"too little"/Vollmer: a tautological explanation explains too little, an untestable explanation explains too much.
>Theories, >Explanation, >Causal explanation, >Strength of theories, >Stronger/weaker, >Verification.
I 279
Questions/Science/Biology/Evolution/Vollmer: the question "Why?" is in biology always welcome - even if it does not always find an answer.
II 58
Why-questions / Science / VollmerVsFeynman / Vollmer: why questions must always be asked - when they are unanswerable, they are therefore not illegitimate. - This shows the relational character of explanations.
>Why-questions.

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