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Explaining away explanation by C.S. Lewis
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|quote=It is this image that, no doubt, accounted for Francis Crick’s suggestion that life did not originate on earth at all, but was sent here from outer space, a wonderful example of an intellectual operation known as fog displacement.}}</ref>
 
|quote=It is this image that, no doubt, accounted for Francis Crick’s suggestion that life did not originate on earth at all, but was sent here from outer space, a wonderful example of an intellectual operation known as fog displacement.}}</ref>
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Answer, a fortiori in scientific discourse, should be formulated in a way that avoids dodging the question<ref>{{Cite book |title=Jesus unser Schicksal (Jesus our destiny)|author=Wilhelm Busch |publisher= Aussaat|year=2006 (Special Edition) |pages=25 |isbn=3-7615-5494-X|url=http://de.dwg-radio.net/downloads/Books/JesusnserSchicksal.pdf |quote=Verstehen sie: Die eigentliche Frage war damit nicht beantwortet. Sie war lediglich zurückgeshoben. Da habe ich ihnen gesagt: «Liebe Leute, Sie dürfte nicht solche Antworte geben, womit die Frage nur zurückgestellt, zurückgeshoben wird!» |language=German }}</ref> otherwise breaking this rule can be classified as [[Psychological manipulation|manipulation]].        
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Answer, a fortiori in scientific discourse, should be formulated in a way that avoids dodging the question<ref>{{Cite book |title=Jesus unser Schicksal (Jesus our destiny)|author=Wilhelm Busch |publisher= Aussaat|year=2006 (Special Edition) |pages=25 |isbn=3-7615-5494-X|url=http://de.dwg-radio.net/downloads/Books/JesusnserSchicksal.pdf |quote=Verstehen sie: Die eigentliche Frage war damit nicht beantwortet. Sie war lediglich zurückgeshoben. Da habe ich ihnen gesagt: «Liebe Leute, Sie dürfte nicht solche Antworte geben, womit die Frage nur zurückgestellt, zurückgeshoben wird!» |language=German }}</ref> otherwise breaking this rule can be classified as [[Psychological manipulation|manipulation]]. According to [[C.S. Lewis]], it is not possible [[infinite regress|go on 'explaining away' for ever]] and one who tries it will find that explanation itself has been explained away. Thus, it is no use trying to 'see through' [[First cause|first principles]].<ref name="AbolitionOfMan">{{cite book |title=The Abolition of Man |author=C.S. Lewis |publisher=HarperOne |place=New York |year=2001 (1944) |pages=81 |isbn=978-00606-52944 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ST87o-KSzp0C}}</ref>         
    
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