Using computational models to discover and understand mechanisms

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 56:113-121 (2016)
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Design sans adaptation.Sara Green, Arnon Levy & William Bechtel - 2015 - European Journal for Philosophy of Science 5 (1):15-29.

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