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An occurrence is explained by being related to prior events through known laws. Other intellectual activities may also constitute explanation — but this much certainly does. Ideally, an explained occurrence (O) could have been predicted in a connected way — by extrapolation from prior events (e) via the same laws (L).
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Hanson, N.R. (1973). Introduction. In: Humphreys, W.C. (eds) Constellations and Conjectures. Synthese Library, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2498-3_3
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