“Looking Up” and “Looking Down”: On the Dual Character of Mechanistic Explanations
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DOI: 10.1007/s10838-018-9402-7
Abstract: Mechanistic explanation is at present the received view of scientific explanation. One of its central features is the idea that mechanistic explanations are both “downward looking” and “upward looking”: they explain by offering information about… read more here.
Keywords: explanation; mechanistic explanation; functional explanation; mechanistic explanations ... See more keywords
Legal systems, intentionality, and a functional explanation of law
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DOI: 10.1080/20403313.2019.1619999
Abstract: One of the main questions raised by Ken Ehrenberg's book The Functions of Law (OUP, 2016) is how to remain a legal positivist and still adhere to the view that law should best be understood… read more here.
Keywords: explanation; law; intentionality functional; functional explanation ... See more keywords