display all the ideas for this combination of philosophers
10 ideas
16563 | The explanation is not the regularity, but the activity sustaining it [Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
13165 | Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus] |
16555 | Functions are not properties of objects, they are activities contributing to mechanisms [Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
16528 | Mechanisms are not just push-pull systems [Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
16529 | Mechanisms are systems organised to produce regular change [Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
16530 | A mechanism explains a phenomenon by showing how it was produced [Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
16553 | Our account of mechanism combines both entities and activities [Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
16559 | Descriptions of explanatory mechanisms have a bottom level, where going further is irrelevant [Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
20653 | Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson] |
16564 | There are four types of bottom-level activities which will explain phenomena [Machamer/Darden/Craver] |