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Concreteness and abstraction in everyday explanation
A number of philosophers argue for the value of abstraction in explanation. According to these prescriptive theories, an explanation becomes superior when it leaves out details that make no difference to the occurrence of the event one is trying to explain (the explanandum). Abstract explanations ar...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer US
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5643351/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28497364 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-017-1299-3 |