id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9169 Explanation - Wikipedia .html text/html 1918 211 54 A notable theory of scientific explanation in Hempel's Deductive-nomological model. However, if Fred and Joe agree on the fact that the cat has fleas, they may further question why this is so and put forth an explanation: "The reason the cat has fleas is that the weather has been damp." The difference is that the attempt is not to settle whether or not some claim is true, but to show why it is true. However, if Fred and Joe agree on the fact that the cat has fleas, they may further question why this is so and put forth an explanation: "The reason the cat has fleas is that the weather has been damp." The difference is that the attempt is not to settle whether or not some claim is true, but to show why it is true.[citation needed] Theories of explanation[edit] "Argument-Explanation Complementarity and the Structure of Informal Reasoning" (PDF). ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9169.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9169.txt