Explanation and description in computational neuroscience.

The central aim of this paper is to shed light on the nature of explanation in computational neuroscience. I argue that computational models in this domain possess explanatory force to the extent that they describe the mechanisms responsible for producing a given phenomenon-paralleling how other mec...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 183; no. 3; pp. 339 - 374
Autor principal: Kaplan, David
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2011
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