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    Explanation

    Accounts of how or why something is the case. Good explanations make phenomena intelligible, but what counts as explanatory—causation, mechanism, purpose, interpretation—varies across domains.

    Key Questions

    • What makes an explanation satisfying?
    • Are there limits to what we can explain?
    • Do different areas of knowledge explain differently?
    • Can we have multiple valid explanations for the same thing?

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