Levels of Explanation Reconceived.

A common argument against explanatory reductionism is that higher-level explanations are sometimes or always preferable because they are more general than reductive explanations. Here I challenge two basic assumptions that are needed for that argument to succeed. It cannot be assumed that higher-lev...

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Publicado en:	Philosophy of Science Vol. 77; no. 1; pp. 59 - 73
Autor principal:	Potochnik, Angela
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Cambridge University Press Jan2010
Materias:	Explanation Reductionism Pluralism Theory of knowledge Philosophy of science
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