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The Hodgkin-Huxley model is a hugely influential mathematical model in the field of neuroscience and electrophysiology. The precise nature of the model and its explanatory status have been discussed by Carl Craver and Arnon Levy in their publications ((Craver, 2006), (Craver, 2008), (Levy, 2013)). While Craver argues that the model is a mechanism sketch and hence is a deficient explanation, Levy argues that the model is an aggregative abstraction and hence is not explanatorily deficient. I compare their arguments and then explore the questions of what an adequate explanation is in neuroscience and what carries their explanatory force. Then I suggest that an answer could be found when we turn towards talk of explanatory aims.
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Additional Information: | I am going to present this version of the paper in the conference titled "Ninth Biennial SPSP — Ghent 2022". I had sent this version to the journal "Studies in History and Philosophy of Science" and it was rejected with several reviewer comments. But the reviewers said that the paper could be improved. That is what I plan to do after my presentation in the aforesaid conference. I also plan to use the comments and suggestions I get in the conference. | ||||||
Keywords: | explanation, mechanism, models, abstraction | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Cognitive Neuroscience General Issues > Explanation General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Molecular Neuroscience |
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Depositing User: | Mr. Kaamesh Singam | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2022 14:47 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 18 Jun 2022 14:47 | ||||||
Item ID: | 20762 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Cognitive Neuroscience General Issues > Explanation General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Molecular Neuroscience |
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Date: | 17 June 2022 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20762 |
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