Full Idea
We talk both of 'people' explaining things, and of 'facts' explaining things.
Gist of Idea
We talk both of 'people' explaining things, and of 'facts' explaining things
Source
Alexander Bird (Philosophy of Science [1998], Ch.2)
Book Reference
Bird,Alexander: 'Philosophy of Science' [UCL Press 2000], p.66
A Reaction
An important point, and it is the job of philosophers to pull the two apart. How we talk does not necessarily show how it is. The concept of explanation is irrelevant in a universe containing no minds, or one containing only God. People seek the facts.