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 Explanation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An explanation is a statement which points to causes, context, and consequences of some object, process, state of affairs, etc., together with rules or laws that link these to the object.
In scientific research, explanation is one of three purposes of research (other two being exploration and description).
Explanation is the discovery and reporting of relationships among different aspects of studied phenomenon.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Explanation   (136 words)

  
 Scientific Explanation
In fact, the notion of “scientific explanation” suggests at least two contrasts — first, a contrast between those “explanations” that are characteristic of “science” and those explanations that are not, and, second, a contrast between “explanation” and something else.
A related point is that while most theorists of scientific explanation have proposed models that are intended to cover at least some cases of explanation that we would not think of as part of science, they have nonetheless assumed some implicit restriction on the kinds of explanation they have sought to reconstruct.
This explanation proceeds by deriving that motion from information about their masses and velocity before the collision, the assumption that the collision is perfectly elastic, and the law of the conservation of linear momentum.
plato.stanford.edu /entries/scientific-explanation   (16044 words)

  
 scientific research
Broadly defined, geobiology is an interdisciplinary field of scientific research that explores interactions between the biosphere and lithosphere or atmosphere.
An explanation is a statement which points to causes, context and consequences of some object (or process, state of affairs etc.), together with rules or laws which link these to the object.
Explanation is the discovery and reporting of relationsh...
www.experiencefestival.com /scientific_research   (707 words)

  
 Explanation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He is principal of Explanation Graphics, a graphic design firm located just outside of New York City.
Please note that this code and explanation was only released AFTER MySpace resolved this.
Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
rapidprototypinghistory.murkprototyping.com /explanation   (574 words)

  
 SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION OF GEOCENTRICITY
Invariably the reaction is emotional because Christians do not want to be tainted with the labels of "scientific ignoramus" and such like.
I here set out the basic arguments that are given more fully in my "True Science Agrees with the Bible" - Appendix 10.
Surely the most obvious explanation is that the earth was created FIRST of all the universe - as the Bible says - and the universe rotated around it - with all the planets created later on Day 4.
www.jesus-is-lord.com /geocentr.htm   (2515 words)

  
 Foreknowledge and Free Will [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
In his article, "An Essential Unpredictability in Human Behavior", in Scientific Psychology: Principles and Approaches, edited by Ernest Nagel and Benjamin Wolman, (New York: Basic Books), 1965,
Michael Scriven describes a thought-experiment which strongly supports the claim that we have free will.
Reprinted in Aspects of Scientific Explanation, (NY: The Free Press), 1965,
www.iep.utm.edu /f/foreknow.htm   (11240 words)

  
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Animated-Teeth.com - Explanations and animations for consumers about teeth, dental procedures, and oral conditions.
Herbs To Herbs - Reference guide for popular herbs, and other important nutrients.
Is creation or evolution the correct scientific explanation for the origin of life?
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