The field of explanation — even the phrase itself — is littered with metaphors.
So, case by case, we will (at least often) be able to provide explanations why given propositions are true, and science is expanding the field of such explanations all the time.
The hypothesis is that their encounter created a particular tension in the conception of his theory which first opened up its characteristic field and mode of explanation.
Agrobiodiversity economics is a field of inquiry that offers explanations about the continued loss of biodiversity in agricultural systems, and demonstrates its value in those systems.
In attempting to find explanations for the occurrence of field-of-study mismatch, this paper proposes measures of field saturation and field transferability of skills as proxies of skill demand and supply, respectively.
Working in the field of genetics, he developed an explanation for the way microbes acquire their ability to adapt in different nutritional environments.
However, I consider the burden of available evidence currently provides many potential explanations within the field of microbiomics/metagenomics in contrast to the dormancy hypothesis offered here.
The intersection of these two kinds of explanations with five objects of explanation defines 10 areas of work in the field.
Here is Newt's own explanation of the field of psychohistory and his fascination with Hari Seldon from his political manifesto To Renew America (1996), published during his tenure as Speaker.
While this would entail that forms of blindness due to neural dysfunction count as mental disorders, which goes against our normal usage, his goal is not to completely capture our intuitions, but rather to have an adequate set of definitions to accommodate a theory of psychiatric explanation within the field of cognitive neuroscience.
Psychologists have plenty of explanations.
