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|isbn=9780743290319  

|isbn=9780743290319  

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|quote=  }}</ref> Instead, historical scientists try to construct a set of [[hypothesis|hypotheses]] about the causes and then look for a so called "smoking gun", a piece of evidence which indicates that one of the hypotheses might be a better [[Explanation in science|explanation]] than the others.<ref>{{Cite journal

|quote=  }}</ref> Instead, historical scientists try to construct a set of [[hypothesis|hypotheses]] about the causes and then look for a so called [[Smoking gun (scientific discourse)|"smoking gun"]], a piece of evidence which indicates that one of the hypotheses might be a better [[Explanation in science|explanation]] than the others.<ref>{{Cite journal

| author=Cleland, C.E.

| author=Cleland, C.E.

| title=Methodological and Epistemic Differences between Historical Science and Experimental Science

| title=Methodological and Epistemic Differences between Historical Science and Experimental Science