Explanatory fictions-for real?

• Autores: Samuel Schindler
• Localización: Synthese, ISSN-e 1573-0964, Vol. 191, Nº. 8, 2014, págs. 1741-1755
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this article I assess Alisa Bokulich�s idea that explanatory model fictions can be genuinely explanatory. I draw attention to a tension in her account between the claim that model fictions are explanatorily autonomous, and the demand that model fictions be justified in order for them to be genuinely explanatory. I also explore the consequences that arise from Bokulich�s use of Woodward�s account of counterfactual explanation and her abandonment of Woodward�s notion of an intervention. As it stands, Bokulich�s account must be deemed unworkable.