Explanation: Psychological nature, role in scientific investigation

Abstract

Customarily explanations in scientific situations are envisaged as a process of depart¬mg from events investigated to move toward abstractive constructions. The standard and most appealling procedure is to symbolize and mathematize events. Essentially, explana¬tion is regarded as very different from description of events.By confrast, to grant the necessity of clinging to events, explanation is simply a more analytic reference to things and events than ordinary description, but still explanation is esentially description. While maintaining contact with events, explanation connists of relating things and events ixt a more elaborate way than superficial examination.Because of the prominent place of linguistics and symbolic factors in description and explanation, the role of such features are briefly examined as they contribute to the total process in science and common affairs.