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    It is not the case that Lange's argument is flawed because an instance of a universal generalization can help explain the universal generalization

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    • 1.Lange's argument assumes that an instance of a universal generalization cannot help explain the universal generalization
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    • 2.There are positive considerations showing that inductive arguments are explanatory
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    • 3.If inductive arguments are explanatory, instances can contribute to explaining universal generalizations
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    • 1.Aristotle's account of epagoge treats induction as genuinely explanatory, grounding universal claims in the necessity revealed through particular cases.
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    • 2.If particulars can reveal the necessity underlying a universal, then instances bear an explanatory relationship to the generalization, not merely evidential support.
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    • 3.Lange's modal account of explanation requires that explanations cite what makes something necessary, and paradigmatic instances can disclose that modal structure.
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    • 1.Inference to the best explanation permits that the universal generalization is best explained by the pattern instantiated across its cases, including particular instances.
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    • 2.Philip Kitcher's unificationist model entails that explaining particular instances and explaining the generalization are part of the same systematizing derivation, making the direction of explanation bilateral.
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