sto Keywords: Historical explanation

has failed to motivate philosophers to ponder why works of history should be capable of exerting rational influence on an understanding of philosophy of science. But all this constitutes a great irony any rational influence remain not merely unanswered, but unasked. The irony arises from the fact that s paper correspondingly less agreement than in science about Quiet is required if they are to be heard at all. (Kuhn, 1980, p. 183) methodological ary philoso ic of expla hn’s widel brated and extensively studied The Structure of Scientific Revo (hereafter cited as SSR). What makes this a mystery? Consi following irony: despite SSR’s status, there exists no generall