Explanatory Depth
Philosophy of Science 77 (2):273-294 (2010)
| Abstract | I defend an account of explanatory depth according to which explanations in the non-fundamental sciences can be deeper than explanations in fundamental physics. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Explanation Scientific Explanation Explanatory Depth Deductive-Nomological Theory of Explanation Invariance Abstraction Special Sciences Woodward and Hitchcock Jackson and Pettit Strevens | |||||||||
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