RE: "Everything has a cause and an explanation" discussion.
February 18, 2015 at 9:15 pm
(This post was last modified: February 18, 2015 at 9:21 pm by Pizza.)
(February 18, 2015 at 6:54 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explanation(February 18, 2015 at 6:47 pm)Alex K Wrote: But anyways, before we go on - do we have a working definition of what constitutes an explanation?
I don't think so.
"An explanation is a set of statements constructed to describe a set of facts which clarifies the causes, context, and consequences of those facts."
I hope that helps.
(February 18, 2015 at 7:34 pm)bennyboy Wrote: But I'd say in general, the OP proposition fails to infinite regression. Given any framework (e.g. space time), I can ask "in what framework does it exist?" Many will call the question nonsensical-- but that's just because it's apparent the question is unanswerable from within space-time.What's so bad about an infinite regression?
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