AHSS*1250 Chapter 9: ch9
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3: theoretical explanation: theories or hypotheses that try to. An inference to the best explanation can be cogent when arguments are really the best and true something, how it functions, or how it fits into a plan (telos means end or purpose in greek) Interpretive explanation= concern meaning of terms or state of affairs, seek to understand not the purpose of cause of something, but rather its sense or semantic meaning. Procedural explanation= tries to explain how something is done or how an action is carried out: causal explanation= kind of theoretical explanation, explains an event or action in terms of prior event which it brought about. Causal explanations are used in inference to best explanation:
