
Michael Strevens on explanation and modern scientific knowledge
Thing in itself
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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