Six theses on mechanisms and mechanistic science
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- Stuart Glennan, Phyllis Illari and Erik Weber (UGent)
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- 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.</jats:p>
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- Explanatory pluralism, Mechanism discovery, Mechanistic explanation, Minimal mechanism, Models of mechanisms, EXPLANATION, MODELS, PHILOSOPHY, THINKING, SOLVE, LAWS
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8729975
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- Glennan, Stuart, et al. “Six Theses on Mechanisms and Mechanistic Science.” JOURNAL FOR GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, vol. 53, no. 2, 2022, pp. 143–61, doi:10.1007/s10838-021-09587-x.
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- Glennan, S., Illari, P., & Weber, E. (2022). Six theses on mechanisms and mechanistic science. JOURNAL FOR GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, 53(2), 143–161. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-021-09587-x
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- Glennan, Stuart, Phyllis Illari, and Erik Weber. 2022. “Six Theses on Mechanisms and Mechanistic Science.” JOURNAL FOR GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 53 (2): 143–61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-021-09587-x.
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- Glennan, Stuart, Phyllis Illari, and Erik Weber. 2022. “Six Theses on Mechanisms and Mechanistic Science.” JOURNAL FOR GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 53 (2): 143–161. doi:10.1007/s10838-021-09587-x.
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- 1.Glennan S, Illari P, Weber E. Six theses on mechanisms and mechanistic science. JOURNAL FOR GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. 2022;53(2):143–61.
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- [1]S. Glennan, P. Illari, and E. Weber, “Six theses on mechanisms and mechanistic science,” JOURNAL FOR GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 143–161, 2022.
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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.</jats:p>}},
author = {{Glennan, Stuart and Illari, Phyllis and Weber, Erik}},
issn = {{0925-4560}},
journal = {{JOURNAL FOR GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE}},
keywords = {{Explanatory pluralism,Mechanism discovery,Mechanistic explanation,Minimal mechanism,Models of mechanisms,EXPLANATION,MODELS,PHILOSOPHY,THINKING,SOLVE,LAWS}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{2}},
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title = {{Six theses on mechanisms and mechanistic science}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-021-09587-x}},
volume = {{53}},
year = {{2022}},
}
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