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Program explanation and higher-order properties
Citation
Bliss, S and Fernandez, J, Program explanation and higher-order properties, Acta Analytica, 25 pp. 393-411. ISSN 0353-5150 (2010) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1007/s12136-010-0094-9
Abstract
Abstract Our aim in this paper is to evaluate Frank Jackson and Philip Pettit’s
‘program explanation’ framework as an account of the autonomy of the special
sciences. We argue that this framework can only explain the autonomy of a limited
range of special science explanations. The reason for this limitation is that the
framework overlooks a distinction between two kinds of properties, which we refer
to as ‘higher-level’ and ‘higher-order’ properties. The program explanation
framework can account for the autonomy of special science explanations that appeal
to higher-level properties but it does not account for the autonomy of most of those
explanations that appeal to higher-order properties.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Explanation . Reduction . Causation . Autonomy |
Research Division: | Philosophy and Religious Studies |
Research Group: | Philosophy |
Research Field: | Philosophy not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies |
UTAS Author: | Bliss, S (Dr Suzy Bliss) |
ID Code: | 94347 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Deposited By: | School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2014-09-06 |
Last Modified: | 2014-10-28 |
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