On Explanation in the Cognitive Sciences: Competence, Idealization, and the Failure of the Classical Cascade
- 1 December 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
- Vol. 46 (4) , 475-502
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/46.4.475
Abstract
The ‘classical cascade’ of explanation through three ‘levels of description’ is a central methodological underpinning of the cognitive sciences. I argue, however, that it often fails to pro...Keywords
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