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Explanation | | Explanation: Encyclopedia - Explanation | | | An explanation is a statement which points to causes, context and consequences of some object (or process, state of affairs etc.), together with rules or laws which link these to the object. Some of these elements of the explanation may be implicit.
Explanations can only be given by those with understanding of the object which is explained.
In scientific research, explanation is one of three purposes of research (other two being exploration and description). Explanation is the discovery and reporting of relationsh ...
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Explanation
An explanation is a statement which points to causes, context and consequences of some object (or process, state of affairs etc.), together with rules or laws which link these to the object. Some of these elements of the explanation may be implicit.
Explanations can only be given by those with understanding of the object which is explained.
In scientific research, explanation is one of three purposes of research (other two being exploration and description). Explanation is the discovery and reporting of relationships among different aspects of studied phenomenon.
Some different types of explanations:
- Deductive-nomological
- Functional
- Historical
- Psychological
- Reductive
- Teleological
See also
- Abductive reasoning
- Cogency
- Epistemology
- Induction
- Knowledge
Other related archivesAbductive reasoning, Cogency, Deductive-nomological, Epistemology, Functional, Induction, Knowledge, Psychological, Teleological, causes, consequences, context, description, elements, exploration, implicit, laws, link, phenomenon, process, rules, scientific research, state of affairs, statement, understanding
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