What levels of explanation in the behavioural sciences?

• Glavni autor: Roberto Cordeschi (auth)
• Daljnji autori: Giuseppe Boccignone (auth)
• Format: Elektronički Poglavlje knjige
• Jezik: engleski
• Izdano: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Serija: Frontiers Research Topics
• Teme: Psychology; Levels of explanation; Cognitive architectures; neuroscientific models; Computational models; human behavior; Functional models; Reductionism; mechanisms
• Online pristup: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Complex systems are to be seen as typically having multiple levels of organization. For instance, in the behavioural and cognitive sciences, there has been a long lasting trend, promoted by the seminal work of David Marr, putting focus on three distinct levels of analysis: the computational level, a...