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    Supports→Claims about what metaphysically explains what are true only relative to a specific type of context within which the claim's truth is being assessed

    The relevant psychological states are dispositions towards particular beliefs, which are expected to vary between individuals

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    There has, as of yet, been comparatively little discussion of pragmatic accounts of metaphysical explanation in the literature. One exception is Thompson (2019), who develops an account along the lines described above, where metaphysical explanations are pairs of context-sensitive questions and answers. Because the role of context is ineliminable, there is no sense to be made of a notion of metaphysical explanation free from pragmatic constraints. However, Thompson accounts for the correctness o

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