Fang, Wei (2020) Towards Mechanism 2.1: A Dynamic Causal Approach. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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I propose a dynamic causal approach to characterizing the notion of a mechanism. Levy and Bechtel, among others, have pointed out several critical limitations of the new mechanical philosophy, and pointed in a new direction to extend this philosophy. Nevertheless, they have not fully fleshed out what that extended philosophy would look like. Based on a closer look at neuroscientific practice, I propose that a mechanism is a dynamic causal system that involves various components interacting, typically nonlinearly, with one another to produce a phenomenon of interest.
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| Keywords: | mechanism; dynamic; causal; models and modeling; neuroscience | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Neuroscience |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Wei Fang | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2020 02:08 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Jul 2020 02:08 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 17435 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Neuroscience |
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| Date: | 2020 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/17435 |
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