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Understanding consciousness may require new concepts beyond physical explanations.

From The Conscious Mind by David Chalmers

#understanding #consciousness #philosophy #new-concepts #explanation

Good explanations are the key to understanding the world.

From The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch

#understanding #knowledge #philosophy #explanation #wisdom

Theories are replaced by new theories that explain the same phenomena in a different way.

From The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn

#theory #explanation #science #change

It is not enough to explain how the brain processes information.

From The Conscious Mind by David Chalmers

#neuroscience #cognition #philosophy #information #explanation

Every good explanation is an answer to the question of why.

From The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch

#explanation #knowledge #philosophy #understanding

A paradigm shift occurs when a new theory emerges that offers a better explanation of the data.

From The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn

#theory #data #explanation #shift

The writer's task is to make complicated things simple.

From On Writing Well by William Zinsser

#writing #simplicity #clarity #explanation