green numbers give full details.     |    back to list of philosophers     |     expand these ideas

---

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

12314

Audience-relative explanation, or metaphysical explanation based on information?

p.172

p.172

12313

Explanation is for curiosity, control, understanding, to make meaningful, or to give authority

p.174

p.174

12315

We can explain by showing constitution, as well as showing causes