BI 146 Lauren Ross: Causal and Non-Causal Explanation
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Is There a Pathway?
A pathway is a kind of causal structure that's different from, you remember the three main features i just mentioned of mechanism. Mechanisms need to hae lots of fine graine detail. Pathways are very abstract. You just need the steps of the pathway. And pathways are analogized to roadways and highways. A mechanism is often analogise to a machine. So a machine, you drill down and you find the lower level parts, they all work together. Think of a watch mechanism. They produce the outcome of interest. Well, in biology, narro science, these are different types of systems.
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