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Mechanistic Causation

Mechanistic Causation is a type of causal explanation in science that identifies causation through the specification of underlying mechanisms, consisting of organized components and their interactions that generate a phenomenon of interest.

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Mental Causation

Stephen Yablo · The Philosophical Review · 1992 · 671 citations

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Cause and Effect in Biology Revisited: Is Mayr’s Proximate-Ultimate Dichotomy Still Useful?

Kevin N. Laland, Kim Sterelny, John Odling‐Smee et al. · Science · 2011 · 669 citations

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Public Service Performance and Trust in Government: The Problem of Causality

Steven Van de Walle, Geert Bouckaert · International Journal of Public Administration · 2003 · 559 citations · Full text

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A theory of biological relativity: no privileged level of causation

Denis Noble · Interface Focus · 2011 · 438 citations · Full text

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Towards an organic perspective on strategy

Moshe Farjoun · Strategic Management Journal · 2002 · 351 citations · Full text

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Authors

273

  1. NG
    Nicole Graulich

    Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany

    3 publications · 233 citations

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  2. MJ
    Marco J. Nathan

    University of Denver, United States

    2 publications · 71 citations

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  3. HA
    Holly Andersen

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    2 publications · 120 citations

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  4. JD
    John Dupré

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 89 citations

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  5. GK
    Gergely Kertész

    Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

    2 publications · 59 citations

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Institutions

174

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    262 citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    705 citations

  3. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    62 citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    283 citations

  6. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    105 citations

  7. University of Bologna

    Bologna, Italy

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    266 citations

  8. Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

    Giessen, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    356 citations

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Venues

  1. Philosophy of Science

    7 publications · 254 citations

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  2. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science

    ISPS · 4 publications · 213 citations

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  3. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

    PPR · 4 publications · 178 citations

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  5. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume

    4 publications · 303 citations

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