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Full Idea
I take it that we may think about causes without thinking especially about explanations, and so we might judge likeliest cause without considering loveliest explanation.
Gist of Idea
A cause may not be an explanation
Source
Peter Lipton (Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd) [2004], 08 'From cause')
Book Ref
Lipton,Peter: 'Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd ed)' [Routledge 2004], p.132