<div dir="ltr">A theoretical explanation provides an answer to a why question in a thought experiment. Example: Gilbert Ryle asked the question: What's the difference between a wink and a one-eyed blink? His answer took him to the mind-brain distinction and could have taken KB to action-motion. WINKS ARE DONE IN ORDER TO; BLINKS TO BECAUSE OF.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Carrol Cox <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbcox@ilstu.edu" target="_blank">cbcox@ilstu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I'm interested in your somewhat cryptic message because on another list I am<br>
writing on the difference between theory on the one hand and "what needs to<br>
be explained" on the other. And involved in that is a differentiation<br>
between empirical generalization and theoretical EXPLANATION.<br>
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Carrol<br>
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I think I can add to this discussion. In earlier days I replied to the<br>
emails I received but they went to Ed so to kick off I'd like to test<br>
<a href="mailto:kb@kbjournal.org">kb@kbjournal.org</a> as an address to the e-list and ask if anyone has looked<br>
closely into the nature of 'explanations'. More to follow perhaps.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Herbert W. Simons, Ph.D.<br>Emeritus Professor of Communication<br>Dep't of Strategic Communication, Weiss Hall 215<br>Temple University, Philadelphia 19122<br>Home phone: 215 844 5969<br>
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