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- noun philosophy A
philosophical system where beliefs arejustified by their usefulness inexplaining .
Etymologies
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explanation + -ism
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One strategy, let's call it local explanationism, (perhaps reflected in McMullin 1980, 1987;
Scientific Realism Boyd, Richard 2002
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