MICRO-EXPLANATIONS OF LAWS

Erik Weber; Helena De Preester

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MICRO-EXPLANATIONS OF LAWS

In: Cognitive Structures in Scientific Inquiry

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Pages:: 175–190

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401201339_008

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After a brief introduction to Kuipers’ views on explanations of laws we argue that micro-explanations of laws can have two formats: they work either by aggregation and transformation (as Kuipers suggests) or by means of function ascriptions (Kuipers neglects this possibility). We compare both types from an epistemic point of view (which information is needed to construct the explanation?) and from a means-end perspective (do both types serve the same purposes? are they equally good?).

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Cognitive Structures in Scientific Inquiry

Essays in Debate with Theo Kuipers. Volume 2

Series: Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Volume: 84, Monographs-in-Debate, Volume: 84, and Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities Online, Volume: 84

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E-Book ISBN:: 9789401201339

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2005

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