In this article, two issues regarding mechanisms are discussed. The first concerns the relationships between “mechanism description” and “mechanism explanation.” It is proposed that it is rather plausible to think of them as two distinct epistemic acts. The second deals with the different molecular biology explanatory contexts, and it is shown that some of them require physics and its laws
On molecular mechanisms and contexts of physical explanation / G. Boniolo. - In: BIOLOGICAL THEORY. - ISSN 1555-5542. - 7:3(2013), pp. 256-265. [10.1007/s13752-012-0073-z]
On molecular mechanisms and contexts of physical explanation
G. BonioloPrimo
2013
Abstract
In this article, two issues regarding mechanisms are discussed. The first concerns the relationships between “mechanism description” and “mechanism explanation.” It is proposed that it is rather plausible to think of them as two distinct epistemic acts. The second deals with the different molecular biology explanatory contexts, and it is shown that some of them require physics and its laws
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