No understanding without explanation

2013/01/03 by Michael Strevens · 10 citations
Arts and Humanities · Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Philosophy and History of Science #Science and Climate Studies #Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies

paper · doi:10.1016/j.shpsa.2012.12.005

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