Ideas from 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World' by Wesley Salmon [1984], by Theme Structure

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Causation produces productive mechanisms; to understand the world, understand these mechanisms

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Salmon's interaction mechanisms needn't be regular, or involving any systems [Glennan]