¿Realmente mató la bacteria al coronel? Perspectiva sistémica, causación internivélica e intervalos de cuasi-descomponibilidad en las explicaciones mecanísticas

  1. Emilio Cáceres Vázquez
  2. Cristian Saborido
Revue:
Theoria: an international journal for theory, history and foundations of science

ISSN: 0495-4548

Année de publication: 2018

Volumen: 33

Número: 1

Pages: 129-148

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1387/THEORIA.18295 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

D'autres publications dans: Theoria: an international journal for theory, history and foundations of science

Résumé

In this paper, we critically analyze the mechanicist approach to scientific explanation and propose to complement this view with a conception of level as interval of quasi-decompositionality. This conception allows us to metaphysically base the mechanicist proposals on characteristic systemic features. By means of concrete examples, we claim that this proposal is able to overcome some of the alleged limitations of predominant models of mechanistic explanation.

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