RE: "Everything has a cause and an explanation" discussion.
February 18, 2015 at 10:26 pm
(This post was last modified: February 18, 2015 at 10:54 pm by Pyrrho.)
(February 18, 2015 at 9:15 pm)Pizz-atheist Wrote:(February 18, 2015 at 6:54 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: I don't think so.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explanation
"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.
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In that case, there probably isn't an explanation for everything. Seriously, do you think that, for everything, there is a set of statements that clarifies the causes, context, and consequences of those facts?
A lot of things are unknown, which does not seem compatible with the idea that for everything there is a set of statements that clarifies the causes, context, and consequences of those facts.
If you disagree, go ahead, explain everything to me. I'm waiting.
Edited to add:
With that idea of "explanation," everything must have a cause or causes in order for everything to have an explanation, since "explanation," among other things, clarifies the causes of things. One cannot clarify causes if they do not exist.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
