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Full Idea
'Theories' based on bizarre, non-joint-carving classifications are unexplanatory even when true.
Gist of Idea
A theory which doesn't fit nature is unexplanatory, even if it is true
Source
Theodore Sider (Writing the Book of the World [2011], 03.1)
Book Ref
Sider,Theodore: 'Writing the Book of the World' [OUP 2011], p.23
A Reaction
This nicely pinpoints why I take explanation to be central to whole metaphysical enterprise.
Related Idea
Idea 14992 We don't care about plain truth, but truth in joint-carving terms [Sider]