Single Idea 12357

[catalogued under 14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations]

Full Idea

For Aristotle, explanation and generality are fellow-travellers.

Gist of Idea

Explanation and generality are inseparable

Source

report of Aristotle (Posterior Analytics [c.327 BCE]) by Michael V. Wedin - Aristotle's Theory of Substance X.11

Book Reference

Wedin,Michael V.: 'Aristotle's Theory of Substance' [OUP 2000], p.342


A Reaction

This isn't 'lawlike' explanation, but it is interestingly close to it. It seems to be based on the fact that predicates are universals, so we can only state truths in general terms.