Phenomenological Laws and Mechanistic Explanations
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DOI: 10.1017/psa.2023.65
Abstract: In light of recent criticisms by Woodward (2017) and Rescorla (2018), we examine the relationship between mechanistic explanation and phenomenological laws. We disambiguate several uses of the phrase “phenomenological law” and show how a mechanistic… read more here.
Keywords: phenomenological laws; mechanistic explanations; laws mechanistic;