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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation

8347	Explanations typically relate statements, not events [Davidson]
	Full Idea: Explanations typically relate statements, not events.
	From: Donald Davidson (Causal Relations [1967], §4)
	A reaction: An oddly linguistic way of putting our attempts to understand the world. Presumably the statements are supposed to be about the events (or whatever), and they are supposed to be true, so we are trying to relate features of the world.