Single Idea 18222

[catalogued under 14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation]

Full Idea

A plausible methodological principle is that underlying every good extrinsic explanation there is an intrinsic explanation.

Gist of Idea

Beneath every extrinsic explanation there is an intrinsic explanation

Source

Hartry Field (Science without Numbers [1980], 5)

Book Reference

Field,Hartry: 'Science without Number' [Blackwell 1980], p.44


A Reaction

I'm thinking that Hartry Field is an Aristotelian essentialist, though I bet he would never admit it.