On 2/10/2016 4:25 PM, John Clark wrote:
The chain of "explain this" arguments either comes to an end or it does not and as a result is infinite
Actually, as Bill Clinton would say, there's a third way. Explanations can be circular and if it's a big enough circle that, somewhere around it, X is explained in terms of Y and Y is something you understand then it's a virtuous circle.
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