In science and philosophy, a just-so story is an untestable narrative explanation for a cultural practice, a biological trait, or behavior of humans or other animals. The pejorative nature of the expression is an implicit criticism that reminds the listener of the essentially fictional and unprovable nature of such an explanation , and has been subsequently adapted for critiquing modern examples deemed as such . Such tales are common in folklore and mythology (where they are known as etiological myths—see etiology). A less perojative term is a pourquoi story, and this has been used to describe usually more mythological or otherwise traditional examples of this genre, aimed at children,
In science and philosophy, a just-so story is an untestable narrative explanation for a cultural practice, a biological trait, or behavior of humans or other animals. The pejorative nature of the expression is an implicit criticism that reminds the listener of the essentially fictional and unprovable nature of such an explanation . Such tales are common in folklore and mythology (where they are known as etiological myths—see etiology). A less pejorative term is a pourquoi story, and this has been used to describe usually more mythological or otherwise traditional examples of this genre, aimed at children,
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