Philosopher Larry Wright is the 800 lb gorilla of the literature on explanation. His work is highly recommended.
When I said that social theory concepts like norm, power, do not provide explanation, I was sent to Coventry. "Will you define 'explanation'?" [!] So, courtesy of Steven @sapinker, here's a good example...pic.twitter.com/ZGm6nxQGRj
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Hume and Hayek showed that the negative rules of just conduct have massive explanatory power. Your claim has a counter-example you must defeat. Good luck with that. See also
@JoHenrich’s work.
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Is that from ‘how the mind works’?
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Reference: "Preface", in D Buss (Ed.) 2015, Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, NY: Wiley & Sons.
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Depends on what question you are asking - Tinbergen
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