> it can eventually explain why something is the way it is. Not exactly. It can explain "how" it is, but not "why" it is that way. Unless you take "why" as a

> it can eventually explain why something is the way it is. Not exactly. It can explain "how" it is, but not "why" it is that way. Unless you take "why" as a shortcut for "how it works in a more detailed framework", which is not how philosophers understand it when doing metaphysics.