Causal and Mechanistic Explanations, and a Lesson from Ecology

In Alexandru Manafu (ed.), The Prospects for Fusion Emergence. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, vol. 313: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, vol. 313 (2015)
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