The phrase "a satisfactory account" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a narrative or explanation that meets the required standards or expectations.
Example: "The report provided a satisfactory account of the events leading up to the incident."
Alternatives: "an acceptable explanation" or "a sufficient narrative".
Only from this perspective can a satisfactory account be given of the Church's life and activity".
The theory gave a satisfactory account of the relative abundances of the elements, provided an explanation of the direction of stellar evolution and gave an objective basis for calculation of the internal constitution of stars.
To develop a satisfactory account of explanatory asymmetry, therefore, the logical empiricists needed to capture the idea of causal dependence by formulating conditions on genuine explanation in an acceptable idiom.
Only by positing a divine creator of everything (including human beings) can we give a satisfactory account of the sacredness of human beings, of why we "deserve" or "are entitled" to something that derives from our being just that — sacred human beings.
Many are not convinced that such instrumentalist reasoning provides a satisfactory account of political legitimacy.
Unless and until we have such a satisfactory account, panpsychism remains an open possibility.
But almost certainly a satisfactory accounting of this period will focus on why the normal market forces of competition did not work, particularly in industrial labor markets.
But then the question is whether there is any satisfactory account of causation where causation is not a relation between states of affairs.
It is an open question whether Ayer's account provides a satisfactory explanation of the intuitive notion of free will.
Thus, despite significant advances in our philosophical and scientific understanding of pain in the last fifty years or so, there is still a lot of work to be done to develop a fully satisfactory account of pain.
