The Principle Based Explanations Are Not Extinct in Cognitive Science: The Case of the Basic Level Effects
There Course a pied - Homme - Vetements - Short - Cuissard is a tendency in recent philosophy of cognitive science, best seen in the writings of Bechtel et al., to overstate the significance of mechanistic explanations and to neglect the explanatory role of principles.This paper is a plea for restoring the balance.It draws attention to the search f