On "Minimal Model Explanations": A Reply to Batterman and Rice.

Batterman and Rice offer an account of "minimal model explanations" and argue against "common features accounts" of those explanations. This paper offers some objections to their proposals and arguments. It argues that their proposal cannot account for the apparent explanatory asymmetry of minimal m...

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Published in:	Philosophy of Science Vol. 82; no. 2; pp. 292 - 306
Main Author:	Lange, Marc
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press Apr2015
Subjects:	Philosophy of science Scientific method Explanation Causation (Philosophy) Theory of knowledge
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