@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 28 Mar 2024}, author = {Fraassen,Bas van}, subject = {Omniscience}, note = {I 129 Why-question/Fraassen: context-dependent - (> Relevance). Omniscience: an omniscient being does not have an explanation, because there are no why questions for it. If it has no specific interests - because they are for it just as context-dependent as for us - Information: is not by itself an explanation. >Explanation, >Information, >Theories. It has to be screened only by relevance considerations - i.e. an omniscient being cannot use its information if it does not restrict these - screening of information also solves the problem of asymmetry. >Asymmetry. I 134 Explanation: Response to Why-questions. }, note = { Fr I B. van Fraassen The Scientific Image Oxford 1980 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=200161} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=200161} }