The Explanatory Force of Dynamical and Mathematical Models in Neuroscience: A Mechanistic Perspective.

We argue that dynamical and mathematical models in systems and cognitive neuroscience explain (rather than redescribe) a phenomenon only if there is a plausible mapping between elements in the model and elements in the mechanism for the phenomenon. We demonstrate how this model-to-mechanism-mapping...

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Published in:	Philosophy of Science Vol. 78; no. 4; pp. 601 - 628
Main Authors:	Kaplan, David Michael, Craver, Carl F.
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press Oct2011
Subjects:	Mathematical models Neurosciences Gaussian processes Paradigm (Theory of knowledge) Cognitive science
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