Lexicon of Arguments

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I 298
Why-questions/Bigelow/Pargetter: this is mostly about certain events. The answers must contain information about causes in order to be considered explanations.
>Explanations.
Purpose/Explanation/Bigelow/Pargetter: involves the same causal relations as the efficient cause (relations to the environment).
>Cause, >Purpose.
Why-Explanation/Bigelow/Pargetter: Laws (natural laws) and species are not themselves events, therefore they are not in the appropriate category to serve as an explanation.
>Laws, >Natural laws, >Natural kinds.
Solution: through individual events falling under a species or laws.
>Induction, >Generality, >Generalization.

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