Models and mechanisms in psychological explanation

Synthese

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-338

  Weiskopf, Daniel A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Mechanisms; Models; Psychological explanation; Realization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255123663     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-011-9958-9     Document Type: Article

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