Full Idea
Some philosophers have thought that explanation is hopelessly subjective, so subjective even that it is should have no part in proper science.
Gist of Idea
Maybe explanation is so subjective that it cannot be a part of science
Source
Alexander Bird (Philosophy of Science [1998], Ch.2)
Book Reference
Bird,Alexander: 'Philosophy of Science' [UCL Press 2000], p.64
A Reaction
God requires no explanations, and children require many. If fundamental explanations are causal, then laying bare the causal chains is the explanation, whether you want it or not. God knows all the explanations. See Idea 6752.
Related Idea
Idea 6752 The objective component of explanations is the things that must exist for the explanation [Bird]