“…In particular, more recently ideas of explanation have focused on articulation of hidden mechanisms underlying observed patterns (Craver, ; Harlow, ; Machamer, Darden, & Craver, ; Russ, Scherr, Hammer, & Mikeska, ). Even if one considers scientific laws as explanatory, there are pragmatic reasons to push further toward explication of hidden mechanisms underlying these patterns, as such explanations “cover a wider range of possible contingencies, afford a greater possibility of control over the phenomenon, and so allow one to answer a greater range of questions about how the phenomenon is dependent on various background conditions and underlying conditions” (Craver, , p. 358).…”