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work_kkwrwqnah5dxhh26o5oiqp6tnq	Joseph C. Pitt	The Dilemma of Case Studies: Toward a Heraclitian Philosophy of Science	2001	10	.pdf	application/pdf	4300	304	62	appealing to the history of science,many philosophers have felt compelled the case is selected because it exempliªes the philosophical point being articulated, then it is not clear that the philosophical claims have been supported, because it could be argued that the historical data was manipulated to ªt the point. I will argue that even very good case studies do no philosophical work. appeal to historical contexts is to show how doing history in context limits the possible range of philosophical ideas and explanations. be learned is that if philosophers wish to use historical cases to bolster Rephrasing it, the question reads, "Why dowe seek historical explanations," which sounds a lot like, "Why do philosophers of science turn to history?" One tried and true answer is, "To learn from the past." It is unlikely, however, that we seek historical explanation only to understand case studies is for the philosopher of sciencewho starts with history.	./cache/work_kkwrwqnah5dxhh26o5oiqp6tnq.pdf	./txt/work_kkwrwqnah5dxhh26o5oiqp6tnq.txt