کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1160757 | 1490369 | 2006 | 16 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Mechanistic artefact explanation
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موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی
علوم انسانی و هنر
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چکیده انگلیسی
One thing about technical artefacts that needs to be explained is how their physical make-up, or structure, enables them to fulfil the behaviour associated with their function, or, more colloquially, how they work. In this paper I develop an account of such explanations based on the familiar notion of mechanistic explanation. To accomplish this, I (1) outline two explanatory strategies that provide two different types of insight into an artefact's functioning, and (2) show how human action inevitably plays a role in artefact explanation. I then use my own account to criticize other recent work on mechanistic explanation and conclude with some general implications for the philosophy of explanation.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A - Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2006, Pages 81-96
Journal: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A - Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2006, Pages 81-96
نویسندگان
Jeroen de Ridder,