Two approaches to metaphysical explanation

Rubenstein, E. (2024). Two approaches to metaphysical explanation. Noûs, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/nous.12491

该文表明，在形而上学的探究中，存在两种解释的进路：

(1) generation (inflationist): fact A generates fact B. 例如氢生成水。

(2) reduction (deflationist): A reduces B (A is more perspicuous than B). 例如H2O还原水。

作者认为，不妨采用混合的解释进路，即兼取之。

Water's existence reduces to H2O's existence, and hydrogen's existence generates H2O's existence.