2017
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-017-0787-3
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Social intelligence: How to integrate research? A mechanistic perspective

Abstract: Is there a field of social intelligence? Many various disciplines approach the subject and it may only seem natural to suppose that different fields of study aim at explaining different phenomena; in other words, there is no special field of study of social intelligence. In this paper, I argue for an opposite claim. Namely, there is a way to integrate research on social intelligence, as long as one accepts the mechanistic account to explanation. Mechanistic integration of different explanations, however, comes… Show more

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“….] remain superficial and explanatorily weak’ (Milkowski, 2019: 735). In this respect, Bechtel’s four questions provide useful guidelines for cognitive social scientists about how to deepen (Strevens, 2008; Ylikoski & Kuorikoski, 2010) their explanations and make them more robust (Weisberg, 2006; Wimsatt, 2007).…”
Section: Mechanistic Philosophy Of Science and The Cognitive Social Smentioning
confidence: 99%
“….] remain superficial and explanatorily weak’ (Milkowski, 2019: 735). In this respect, Bechtel’s four questions provide useful guidelines for cognitive social scientists about how to deepen (Strevens, 2008; Ylikoski & Kuorikoski, 2010) their explanations and make them more robust (Weisberg, 2006; Wimsatt, 2007).…”
Section: Mechanistic Philosophy Of Science and The Cognitive Social Smentioning
confidence: 99%