explanation

Explanations {explanation} describe how parts work, how parts interact, and how interactions combine to give system output from input. Explanations describe units that interact and interaction rules. Rules include goals and representations. Explanations involve reasons and methods to recognize or evaluate reasons. Explanations must leave something out.

use

Knowing how to use something is not the same as knowing how it works.

expression

Understanding requires actually saying or writing explanations.

types

Explanations include function from structure, means to ends, conclusion from premises, effect from causes, and body from support.

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