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Explanation - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Account, Analysis, Answer, Case, Cause, Clearing, Commentary, Construction, Cracking, Criticism, Decipherment, Decoding, Definition, Demonstration, Denouement, Description |
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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.
Some different types of explanations:
- Deductive-nomological
- Teleological
- Functional
- Reductive
- Psychological
- Historical
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Example Usage of Explanation |
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AndyTulin: @AnswerDave jimmy has batted down in the lineup before, but never regularly, and the Explanation was always lefty-related. |
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emk_architect: The more minimal the art, the more maximum the Explanation. -by Hilton Kramer- #iTweetQuote |
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DarrenBlack117: @lewiswake still found time to add in the "lazy Explanation" bit :L |
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