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Michael Strevens on explanation and modern scientific knowledge

Thing in itself

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How Did You Get Interested in Scientific or Explanation?

"I started out in life actually interested in the sciences themselves doing a science degree at university. And when I discovered a kind of a, an extra contingency to make everything as abstract and foundational as possible, I realized I belonged in philosophy really," he says. "All along I was thinking about subject matters that are the subject matters of the science."

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