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Ideas of Michael Stanford, by Text

[British, b.1923, Lecturer at the University of the West of England, Bristol.]

1991 Explanation: the state of play
p.172 p.172 Explanation is for curiosity, control, understanding, to make meaningful, or to give authority
p.172 p.172 Audience-relative explanation, or metaphysical explanation based on information?
p.174 p.174 We can explain by showing constitution, as well as showing causes