If our case 14c) troubles you, you may be inclined to
say: “But
why did he bring just this bolt
of material?
How has he
18.
recognized it
as the right one?
What by? ‒ ‒
If you ask “why”, do you ask for the cause or for the
reason?
If for the cause, it is easy enough to think up a physiological or
psychological hypothesis which explains this choice under the given
conditions.
It is the task of the experimental sciences to test such
hypotheses.
If on the other hand you ask for a reason the answer is,
“There need not have been a reason for the choice.
A reason is a step preceding the step of the choice.
But why should every step be preceded by another
one?”