 ##  [Explanatory Depth](/index.php/explanatory-depth) 

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**Humanities &amp; Arts Dictionary**

 
Definition

A graded assessment of how comprehensively an explanation accounts for a phenomenon by specifying mechanisms, relevant conditions, range of applicability, and counterfactual dependencies across the scales or levels at which the phenomenon operates.