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Explanation in Neurobiology: An Interventionist Perspective

Woodward, James (2014) Explanation in Neurobiology: An Interventionist Perspective. [Preprint]

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Abstract

This paper employs an interventionist framework to elucidate some issues having to do with explanation in neurobiology and with the differences between mechanistic and non-mechanistic explanations


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Item Type: Preprint
Creators:
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Woodward, Jamesjfw@pitt.edu
Keywords: interventionism, levels of explanation, Hodgkin-Huxley model, mechanisms
Subjects: General Issues > Causation
General Issues > Explanation
Specific Sciences > Neuroscience
Depositing User: Jim Woodward
Date Deposited: 24 Aug 2014 15:58
Last Modified: 24 Aug 2014 15:58
Item ID: 10974
Subjects: General Issues > Causation
General Issues > Explanation
Specific Sciences > Neuroscience
Date: 23 August 2014
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10974

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