Explanation holds only when the explanans is conceptually related to the explanandum, and this can occur only at the same level of function. |
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In the short intervening period sociology has become obsessed with biology, and biology is asked to be the universal explanandum of humanity. |
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So this argument for perceptualism proposes an explanans to a non-neutral explanandum. |
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Both remembering and forgetting are conceived and applied in an almost mechanistic way, as an explanans instead of an explanandum. |
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Acknowledging the distinction problematizes both the explanandum of species cohesion and the explanans of gene flow that are central to the view discussed here. |
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