| It seems to me that philosophers are often criticized for always demanding rational explanations. |
| She keeps smiling at me all the way through the dad's explanations about the bookshop, and how he collects Africana. |
| But neither can conventional political explanations account for this policy choice. |
| Thus we make attributions of causal relatedness on the basis of prior acceptance of scientific explanations. |
| They'll bounce right back with excuses, rationalizations, and inane explanations of powers that weren't there in the first place. |
| At least three, potentially related, explanations may account for this finding. |
