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Explanation and Levels in Cognitive Neuroscience

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Talk of levels is widespread in the life sciences including neuroscience. This chapter explores some of the most common characterizations of levels found in neuroscience, with a specific focus on how levels of organization are invoked in explanations.

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  1. Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    David Michael Kaplan

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    Neil Levy

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Kaplan, D.M. (2015). Explanation and Levels in Cognitive Neuroscience. In: Clausen, J., Levy, N. (eds) Handbook of Neuroethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4707-4_4

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