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Single Idea 17471

[filed under theme 14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism ]

Full Idea

The production of mechanisms as explanatory schemes finds its original home in chemistry.

Gist of Idea

Using mechanisms as explanatory schemes began in chemistry

Source

Weisberg/Needham/Hendry (Philosophy of Chemistry [2011], 5.1)

Book Ref

'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.29


A Reaction

This is as opposed to mechanisms in biology or neuroscience, which come later.