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Explanation: making a statement in relation to an event, a state, a change or an action that was described before by a deviating statement. The statement will often try to involve circumstances, history, logical premises, causes and causality. See also description, statements, theories, understanding, literal truth, best explanation, causality, cause, completeness.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Auguste Comte on Explanation - Dictionary of Arguments

Wright I 153
Explanation/Comte/Wright, G. H.: Comte does not provide a systematic theory of the explanation. His main emphasis is on prediction.(1)
Causal explanation: Comte rejected the search for "causes". He attributed this to the "pre-positivist", metaphysical phase in the development of the sciences. In positivist science, the role of causes is taken over by general laws (Comte 1844(1) I, 3 as well as Comte, 1830(2).
After Comte, science took the decisive step into the positive phase with Bacon and Galilei. (1830, I 5).
>Causality
, >Causal explanation, >Cause, >Causation, >Effect, >Sociology.


1. Comte, A. Discours sur l' esprit positif, I, 3, 1844.
2. Comte, A.: Cours de philosophie positive, I, 4,1830.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Comte I
A. Comte
Cours de Philosophie Positive (Ed.1830) New York 2012

WrightCr I
Crispin Wright
Truth and Objectivity, Cambridge 1992
German Edition:
Wahrheit und Objektivität Frankfurt 2001

WrightCr II
Crispin Wright
"Language-Mastery and Sorites Paradox"
In
Truth and Meaning, G. Evans/J. McDowell, Oxford 1976

WrightGH I
Georg Henrik von Wright
Explanation and Understanding, New York 1971
German Edition:
Erklären und Verstehen Hamburg 2008


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