more on this theme | more from this thinker
Full Idea
Natural explanations work by showing the systematic causal interconnections between things.
Gist of Idea
Natural explanations give the causal interconnections
Source
Sally Haslanger (Persistence, Change and Explanation [1989], 7)
Book Ref
'Persistence: contemporary readings', ed/tr. Haslanger,S/|Kurtz,RM [MIT 2006], p.177
A Reaction
On the whole I love this sort of idea, but I am wondering if this one prevents mathematical or logical explanations from being natural.
| 13925 | Ontology disputes rest on more basic explanation disputes [Haslanger] |
| 13924 | The persistence of objects seems to be needed if the past is to explain the present [Haslanger] |
| 13931 | By using aporiai as his start, Aristotle can defer to the wise, as well as to the many [Haslanger] |
| 13926 | Best explanations, especially natural ones, need grounding, notably by persistent objects [Haslanger] |
| 13927 | We must explain change amongst 'momentary entities', or else the world is inexplicable [Haslanger] |
| 13928 | If the things which exist prior to now are totally distinct, they need not have existed [Haslanger] |
| 13929 | Natural explanations give the causal interconnections [Haslanger] |
| 13930 | Persistence makes change and its products intelligible [Haslanger] |