Explanatory Fiction

Pennypacker's Pedants presents:
Trying not to make an explanatory fiction while defining said term.
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[@Byeollinn]

if I said explanatory fiction is a statement made to explain a cause of something that happens in life hypothetically.
would that be right???

[@PsychCore]

Hmmm - If i'm following you right, then no. Explanatory fiction is something 'fake' made up to explain something real. Often it involves a hypothetical construct that is in turn used to be the cause of something real. A non-controversial example is Freud's ego, superego, and id. They were 'made up' and in turn used to explain behavior - an explanatory fiction. More controversially, psychology is FILLED with both hypothetical constructs and explanatory fictions. Also look up 'reification' (in short - making something real, that isn't).
Does this help?

[@Byeollinn]

Yes I get it now Thank you

[@Glyphone]

Shared. :)

[@philandcarolgood-elliott6129]

Yes!

[@PsychCore]

x2!