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What good is an explanation?

  • Lipton P
Oxford University PressOxford, (2023), 1-22
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198607786.003.0001
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Abstract

We are addicted to explanation, constantly asking and answering why-questions. But what does an explanation give us? I will consider some of the possible goods, intrinsic and instrumental, that explanations provide.

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Lipton, P. (2023). What good is an explanation? In Explanations (pp. 1–22). Oxford University PressOxford. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198607786.003.0001

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