Decoupling Topological Explanations from Mechanisms.
We provide three innovations to recent debates about whether topological or "network" explanations are a species of mechanistic explanation. First, we more precisely characterize the requirement that all topological explanations are mechanistic explanations and show scientific practice to belie such...
| Published in: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 90; no. 2; pp. 245 - 269 |
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| Format: | Article |
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Cambridge University Press
Apr2023
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