Felline, Laura (2015) Mechanisms meet Structural Explanation. [Preprint]
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This paper investigates the relationship between Structural Explanation and the New Mechanistic account of explanation. The aim of this paper is twofold: firstly, to argue that some phenomena in the domain of fundamental physics, although mechanically brute, are structurally explained; and secondly, by elaborating on the contrast between SE and ME, to better clarify some features of SE. Finally, this paper will argue that, notwithstanding their apparently antithetical character, SE and ME can be reconciled within a unified account of general scientific explanation.
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| Keywords: | Structural Explanation, Mechanistic Explanation, Epistemic Conception of Explanation, Special Relativity, Quantum Theory, Fundamental Phenomena, Glennan | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Depositing User: | laura felline | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2015 15:19 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2015 15:19 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 11417 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Date: | February 2015 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11417 |
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