Full Idea
I suggest that states of affairs constitute the objects of the theory of explanation.
Gist of Idea
Explanations have states of affairs as their objects
Source
Roderick Chisholm (Person and Object [1976], 4.4)
Book Reference
Chisholm,Roderick: 'Person and Object' [Open Court 1976], p.124
A Reaction
It is good to ask what the constituents of a theory of explanation might be. He has an all-embracing notion of state of affairs, whereas I would say that events and processes are separate. See Idea 15828.
Related Idea
Idea 15828 I propose that events and propositions are two types of states of affairs [Chisholm]