suppressing exaplnation in science is like killing the golden egg hen

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"…to demand the suppression of scientific explanation, or even its restriction to subsumptive explanation, is very much like killing the golden egg hen of science."

Mario Bunge

Bunge, M. (2017/1998). Philosophy of Science. Volume 2: From explanation to justification (Revised ed.). Routledge

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.