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...

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Publicado en:Philosophy of Science Vol. 90; no. 2; pp. 245 - 269
Autores principales: Kostić, Daniel, Khalifa, Kareem
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press Apr2023
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