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Ideas of Stuart Glennan, by Text
[American, fl. 2008, Professor at Butler University in Indianapolis.]
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'causation'
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p.381
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17494
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Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way
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'Discover'
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p.379
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17493
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Modern mechanism need parts with spatial, temporal and function facts, and diagrams
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'Intro'
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p.376
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17487
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Mechanistic philosophy of science is an alternative to the empiricist law-based tradition
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'Intro'
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p.376
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17489
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Mechanisms are either systems of parts or sequences of activities
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'Intro'
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p.376
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17488
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Empiricist theories are sets of laws, which give explanations and reductions
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'Intro'
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p.377
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17490
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17th century mechanists explained everything by the kinetic physical fundamentals
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'regular'
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p.378
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17491
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Unlike the lawlike approach, mechanistic explanation can allow for exceptions
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