File(s) not publicly available
Program explanation and higher-order properties
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-18, 03:04 authored by Suzanne Bliss, Fernandez, JAbstract 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.
History
Publication title
Acta AnalyticaVolume
25Pagination
393-411ISSN
0353-5150Department/School
School of HumanitiesPublisher
Springer NetherlandsPlace of publication
NetherlandsRepository Status
- Restricted