Explaining the apocalypse: the end-Permian mass extinction and the dynamics of explanation in geohistory.
Explanation is a perennially hot topic in philosophy of science. Yet philosophers have exhibited a curious blind spot to the questions of how explanatory projects develop over time, as well as what processes are involved in generating their developmental trajectories. This paper examines these quest...
| Published in: | Synthese Vol. 199; no. 3/4; pp. 10441 - 10475 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2021
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