Are Dynamic Mechanistic Explanations Still Mechanistic?

History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 265-292

  Issad, Tarik ^a,b,c   Malaterre, Christophe ^d  

^a INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanistic explanation; Explanatory force; Mathematical explanation; Mechanisms; Mechanistic explanation; Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031845527     PISSN: 22111948     EISSN: 22111956     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9822-8_12     Document Type: Chapter

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