What are we explaining, and is it what we are trying to explain?
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@lmu-mcmp.bsky.socialNewly published: "The problem of explaining shifting targets", by David Colaço, European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 2026, link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The problem of explaining shifting targets - European Journal for Philosophy of Science
European Journal for Philosophy of Science - Sometimes we try to explain one thing but end up explaining something else. In this paper, I address when this is a problem, which I call the...