Editing Explanation (section)

== Types ==
There are many and varied events, objects, and facts which require explanation. So too, there are many different things that can be used to explain something. [[Aristotle]] recognized [[Four causes|four archetypes]] of explanation. These were thought, since even more ancient times, to be universal and unique 'kinds' of explanation that comprise all ways of explaining something. However, there is much confusion about their precise definition and how they relate to each other. Types of explanation involve appropriate types of reasoning, such as [[Deductive-nomological model|Deductive-nomological]], Functional, Historical, Psychological, Reductive, Teleological, Methodological explanations.<ref name=Logic>{{cite book|last=Drake|first=Jess|title=Introduction to Logic|publisher=EP TECH PRESS|year=2018|isbn=978-1-83947-421-7|pages=160–161}}</ref>