Glennan, S;
Illari, P;
Weber, E;
(2022)
Six Theses on Mechanisms and Mechanistic Science.
Journal for General Philosophy of Science
, 53
(2)
pp. 143-161.
10.1007/s10838-021-09587-x.
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Abstract
In this paper we identify six theses that constitute core results of philosophical investigation into the nature of mechanisms, and of the role that the search for and identification of mechanisms play in the sciences. These theses represent the fruits of the body of research that is now often called New Mechanism. We concisely present the main arguments for these theses. In the literature, these arguments are scattered and often implicit. Our analysis can guide future research in many ways: it provides critics of New Mechanism with clear targets, it can reduce misunderstandings, it can clarify differences of opinion among New Mechanists and it helps to define a research agenda for New Mechanists.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Six Theses on Mechanisms and Mechanistic Science |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10838-021-09587-x |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-021-09587-x |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Explanatory pluralism, Mechanism discovery, Mechanistic explanation, Minimal mechanism, Models of mechanisms |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10140762 |
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