“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
Looking Up or Looking Down? Hydrologic and Atmospheric Perspectives on Precipitation and Evaporation Variability
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DOI: 10.1029/2019gl085466
Abstract: Precipitation and evapotranspiration, respectively, an input and an output for hydrologists and ocean scientists, but the opposite for meteorologists, quantify the intensity of vertical water exchange between land, ocean, and the atmosphere. The interesting paper… read more here.
Keywords: hydrologic atmospheric; perspectives precipitation; looking hydrologic; looking looking ... See more keywords
Are we looking up or are we looking out? The transnational constitutionalism of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: conventionality control and the fight against impunity
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DOI: 10.1080/20414005.2019.1589743
Abstract: ABSTRACT Contemporary processes of regionalisation of fundamental human rights protection beg the question: are we looking up? Or are we looking out? This paper argues, via the case study of the revolutionary jurisprudence of the… read more here.
Keywords: court; american court; inter american; court human ... See more keywords