On “Minimal Model Explanations”: A Reply to Batterman and Rice
On “Minimal Model Explanations”: A Reply to Batterman and Rice
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关于“最小模型解释”：对巴特曼和赖斯的答复
DOI：
10.1086/680488
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Marc Lange
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作者：
Marc Lange
Batterman和Rice提供了一个“最小模型解释”的解释，并反对这些解释的“共同特征解释”。本文对他们的建议和论点提出了一些异议。它认为，他们的建议不能解释最小模型解释的明显的解释不对称性。它认为，他们的帐户有可能最终崩溃为一个“共同特征帐户”。最后，它反对他们的动机，认为一个解释呼吁“共同特征”将不得不解释共同特征本身的流行。
Batterman and Rice offer an account of “minimal model explanations” and argue against “common features accounts” of those explanations. This paper offers some objections to their proposals and arguments. It argues that their proposal cannot account for the apparent explanatory asymmetry of minimal model explanations. It argues that their account threatens ultimately to collapse into a “common features account.” Finally, it argues against their motivation for thinking that an explanation appealing to “common features” would have to explain the common features’ own prevalence.